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)
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Which molecule carries the genetic information in bacteriophages?
DNA
RNA
Protein
Lipids
Which experiment definitively proved that DNA, and not protein, is the genetic material?
Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment with bacterial transformation
Hershey-Chase experiment using bacteriophages
Meselson-Stahl experiment demonstrating semi-conservative replication
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
In Hershey and Chase's experiment, what was the key observation that supported DNA as the genetic material?
Radioactive sulfur () was found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () remained outside the bacteria.
Both radioactive sulfur () and phosphorus () were found inside the bacteria.
Radioactive phosphorus () was found inside the bacteria.
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
Griffith conducted his transformation experiments on?
E. Coli
Tetracoccus
Diplococcus
Penicillin
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
What was the transforming principle identified by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty?
Protein
RNA
DNA
Carbohydrates
The Hershey-Chase experiment utilized radioactive isotopes to label different components of bacteriophages. Which of the following combinations accurately reflects the isotopes used and the components they labeled?
32P for protein and 35S for DNA
35S for both DNA and protein
32P for DNA and 35S for protein
32P for both DNA and protein
