Virulence Transformation of a Trichomonad Protozoan
- 5 February 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3397) , 352-353
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3397.352
Abstract
Treatment of an avirulent strain of Trichomonas gallinae with a cellfree homogenate of a virulent strain resulted in enhanced virulence as evidenced by the size of lesions produced in mice. Addition of deoxyribonuclease to the homogenate cell mixture blocked the transformation.Keywords
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