Title:

Test of 'Fixation' Time of T[ransforming]. P[rinciple]. by Sensitized Cells

Creator:

Ephrussi-Taylor, Harriett

Contributor:

McCarty, Maclyn
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Date:

13 August 1946

Description:

Caption by Maclyn McCarty reads: "One of the experiments carried out by Harriet Taylor (and written in her hand) showing that pneumococci that reach the competent state in the absence of transforming DNA will take up added DNA in as short a period as 5 minutes. She later found that the competent state would persist for some days at refrigerator temperature (2 to 4 degrees C)."

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 4

Rights:

Courtesy of Maclyn McCarty.

Genre:

Laboratory notes

Subject:

Transformation, Genetic

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Biochemical Studies of Environmental Factors Essential in Transformation of Pneumococcal Types, 1946

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

CCAADA

NLM ID:

101584575X68

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X68

Story Section:

After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community