Report of Drs. Avery and Horsfall: Study on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Specific Types of Pneumococcus (Avery and McCarty)

Title:
Report of Drs. Avery and Horsfall: Study on the Chemical Nature of the Substance Inducing Transformation of Specific Types of Pneumococcus (Avery and McCarty)
Date:
17 April 1943
Description:
This report to the Board of Directors at the Rockefeller Hospital focused on the work of Avery, MacLeod, McCarty, and others on transformation. Although their findings on the transforming principle would not be published for one more year, most of the basic experimental information was accumulated and summarized in this report. The report includes a brief history of the scientific research on bacterial transformation conducted by Avery and others.
Original Repository:
Rockefeller Archive Center
Location:
Box: 3. Folder: 18
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of the Rockefeller Archive Center. and http://www.rockarch.org/
Genre:
Official reports
Excerpts
Subject:
Transformation, Genetic, Nucleic Acids, Serology, and Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Format:
Text
Extent:
33 pages
Relation:
Respiratory Diseases and Immunochemistry: Dr. Avery, Dr. Horsfall and Associates, 1943
Language:
English
Legacy Source Citation:
Free Text. Scientific Report to the Corporation and the Board of Scientific Directors of the Research Institute 31 (1942-43): 143-175. Original Repository. Rockefeller Archive Center. 357
Legacy ID:
CCAADS
NLM ID:
101584575X86
Profiles Collection:
The Oswald T. Avery Collection
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X86
Story Section:
DNA as the "Stuff of Genes": The Discovery of the Transforming Principle, 1940-1944