Hershey-Chase experiment
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Hershey-Chase experiment
The Hershey-Chase experiment was a series of experiments conducted in 1952 by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase that identified DNA to be the genetic material of phages and, ultimately, of all organisms.
T2 virus[gene mapping] [Hershey-Chase experiment] T4 virus[rII locus] TACO (tryptophan-aspartate coat protein) Taenia solium Taiga Tanning TAP = Transporter associated with antigen processing Tapeworms Taste, in humans TATA box Tatum, E. L.
DNA had been proven as the genetic material by the Hershey-Chase experiments, but how DNA served as genes was not yet certain. DNA must carry information from parent cell to daughter cell. It must contain information for replicating itself.
 See also: Protein, Trans, DNA, Proteins, Bacteria
  
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