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| demonstrates the principle of TRANSFORMATION; rough nonvirulent (type R) versus smooth virulent (type S); Genetic information from the heat-killed S cells was transferred to the R cells, transforming them to virulence |
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| Avery, MacLeod and McCarty |
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| Isolated components from heat-killed S; ONLY DNA HAD THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM |
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| T4 bacteriophage viruses with radioactive sulfur in protein coat and radioactive phosphorus in DNA |
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| hereditary material characteristics |
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1) CHEMICAL STABILITY AND GENETIC STABILITY (FAITHFUL COPIES)
2) STORAGE OF GREAT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION (CODE FOR ALL TRAITS)
3) POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE (MUTATION) |
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| sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate group, nitrogenous base |
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| adenine and guanine; TWO rings |
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| cytosine and thymine; ONE ring |
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| base pairing; 1:1 ratio of pyrimidine and purine bases in double stranded DNA |
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| covalent bonds between deoxyribose 5' phosphate and 3' hydroxyl group |
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| information flows from DNA TO RNA (translation) to protein (transcription) |
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