Hershey-Chase experiment
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cbredh
How was Hershey ans Chase able to distinguish DNA from Protein?
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faletra
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They labelled phage dna with radioactive phosporus and phage protein with radioactive sulfur and showed that the infectious agent that transfered the phage infection to the bacteria was transitted by the phosporus and not the sulfur...ergo...the DNA which contained the P was the genetic agent
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