In an elegant set of experiments, Hershey and Chase used

Last updated: 8/7/2022

In an elegant set of experiments, Hershey and Chase used radioactively labelled bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) containing 32p and 35S to demonstrate that the genetic material is indeed DNA and not proteins by exploiting differences in biological macromolecules. Which of the following correctly describe these biological macromolecules? Proteins contain sulfur Proteins contain phoshporous DNA contains phosphorous Deoxyribose contains sulfur DNA contains sulfur