In the Hershey-Chase experiment, why was radioactive sulfur (35S) used to label phage proteins?
Sulfur is a component of both DNA and protein
Sulfur is a component of proteins but not DNA
Sulfur is easily detectable in bacterial cells
Sulfur is a common component of bacterial cell walls
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Radioactive Phages were allowed to attach to?
Bacteriophage
E. Coli
Salmonella
HIV Virus
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good genetic material?
Able to replicate accurately
Chemically and structurally stable
Must be easily degradable
Scope for slow changes (mutations)
If a segment of double-stranded DNA has 20% adenine, what percentage of guanine would it contain?
20%
30%
40%
50%
In the Hershey-Chase experiment, what crucial observation confirmed that DNA, and not protein, was the genetic material injected into bacteria by bacteriophages?
Radioactive sulfur (35S) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive phosphorus (32P) remained outside.
Both radioactive phosphorus (32P) and sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Neither radioactive phosphorus (32P) nor sulfur (35S) were found inside the bacterial cells.
Radioactive phosphorus (32P) was found inside the bacterial cells, while radioactive sulfur (35S) remained outside.
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Frederick Griffith - Discovered the phenomenon of transformation
Linus Pauling - Isolated DNA for the first time
Francis Crick - Proposed one gene-one polypeptide hypothesis
George Beadle - Proposed the concept of inborn errors
The Hershey-Chase experiment provided definitive evidence that DNA is the genetic material. Which of the following best describes their experimental approach?
Observing bacterial transformation using purified protein extracts
Analyzing the chemical composition of chromosomes
Radioactively labeling phage DNA and protein to track their fate during infection
Studying the inheritance patterns of mutant bacteria
What radioactive element was used to label the protein part of the bacteriophage in the Hershey-Chase experiment?
Sulfur (35S)
Phosphorus (32P)
Nitrogen (15N)
Carbon (14C)
Which molecule carries the genetic information in bacteriophages?
DNA
RNA
Protein
Lipids
In Griffith's experiment, which strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae caused the death of mice?
S strain (smooth)
R strain (rough)
Heat-killed S strain
Heat-killed R strain
From his transformation experiment Griffith concluded with transforming principle might be?
DNA
Polysaccharide Capsule
RNA
None
