A historical and evolutionary perspective on the biological significance of circulating DNA and extracellular vesicles

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2016, Pages 4355-4381

  Aucamp, Janine ^a   Bronkhorst, Abel J ^a   Badenhorst, Christoffel P S ^b   Pretorius, Piet J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genometastasis; Inheritance of acquired characteristics; Lateral gene transfer; Metabolic DNA; Pangenesis; Virtosomes

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING DNA; DNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA SYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXOSOME; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMPLASM; HEREDITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MACRONUCLEUS; MEIOSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; RNA SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES; HEREDITY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES;

EID: 84988575989     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2370-3     Document Type: Editorial

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