Hershey and Chase utilized bacteriophages to demonstrate that DNA is the genetic material. What is a bacteriophage?
A type of bacteria
A bacterial enzyme
A virus that infects bacteria
A component of bacterial DNA
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Radioactive Phages were allowed to attach to?
Bacteriophage
E. Coli
Salmonella
HIV Virus
In their side by side experiments Hershy and chase incorporated into?
Bacterial DNA
Protein Capsid of Phage
Cytoplasm of bacteria
Phage DNA
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
Griffith conducted his transformation experiments on?
E. Coli
Tetracoccus
Diplococcus
Penicillin
Which characteristic of DNA makes it a more stable carrier of genetic information compared to RNA?
The presence of uracil instead of thymine
Its single-stranded structure
The presence of deoxyribose sugar instead of ribose sugar
Its susceptibility to alkaline hydrolysis
From his transformation experiment Griffith concluded with transforming principle might be?
DNA
Polysaccharide Capsule
RNA
None
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty purified the 'transforming principle' identified by Griffith. Which treatment specifically abolished the transforming activity, proving its chemical nature?
Protease
Ribonuclease
Deoxyribonuclease
Lipase
Hershey and Chase utilized bacteriophages to demonstrate that DNA is the genetic material. What is a bacteriophage?
A type of bacteria
A bacterial enzyme
A virus that infects bacteria
A component of bacterial DNA
In his bacteriophage experiments, Hershey and Chase demonstrated that DNA is genetic material in
TMV
bacteriophage
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)
