Protease

Ribonuclease

Deoxyribonuclease

Lipase

Radioactively labeled protein (35S)

Radioactively labeled DNA (32P)

Both radioactively labeled protein and DNA

Neither radioactively labeled protein nor DNA

James Watson and Francis Crick

Frederick Griffith

Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty

Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase

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

DNA is the genetic material

Protein is the genetic material

Both DNA and protein are the genetic material

The experiment would be inconclusive regarding which molecule is the genetic material

Able to replicate accurately

Chemically and structurally stable

Must be easily degradable

Scope for slow changes (mutations)

DNA

RNA

Protein

Lipids

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.

Protease

Ribonuclease

Deoxyribonuclease

Lipase

Radioactive sulfur ($^{35}S$) was found inside the bacteria.

Radioactive phosphorus ($^{32}P$) remained outside the bacteria.

Both radioactive sulfur ($^{35}S$) and phosphorus ($^{32}P$) were found inside the bacteria.

Radioactive phosphorus ($^{32}P$) was found inside the bacteria.

TMV

$Escherichia{\rm{ }}coli$

${T_2}$ bacteriophage

$Diplococcus{\rm{ }}pneumoniae$