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Nuclear Uptake of Exogenous DNA by Mammalian Cells in Culture

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The uptake of exogenous DNA by mammalian cells in culture may amount to 5 per cent of the host cell complement. This material is found within the nucleus, but most of it is not incorporated into the chromosomes.

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    A. B. ROBINS & D. M. TAYLOR

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ROBINS, A., TAYLOR, D. Nuclear Uptake of Exogenous DNA by Mammalian Cells in Culture. Nature 217, 1228–1231 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171228a0

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