14.1 the nature of genetic material

Question 1

frederick griffith was trying to make a vaccine for

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influenza

Question 2

influenza was thought to be caused by

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streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 3

normal virulent strain that causes pneumonia

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S form

Question 4

mutant, non virulent strain that does not cause pneumonia

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R form

Question 5

injecting mice with which strains caused them to die

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S and S mixed with R

Question 6

the transfer of virulence from one cell to another

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transformation

Question 7

avery, macleod and mccarty discovered the transforming substance could be inactivated by

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DNA-digesting enzymes

Question 8

viruses that infect DNA

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bacteriophages

Question 9

what did hershey and chase do

Answer 9

used radioactive labeling

Question 10

hershey and chase proved that the infectious agent of phages is

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its DNA