Transforming factor

Transforming factor

In the classical experiments by Avery, MacLeod and McCarty, the name given to the agent that caused the heritable transformation of R strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae into S strains. The identification of the factor as DNA was the definitive proof that DNA is the repository of genetic information.

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transforming factor

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GrifÞth's name for the unknown material leading to transformation; later found to be DNA.

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Mathematics; Calculus

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