Title:

Transforming Activity - T.P. #43 - 44 (image 1)

Contributor:

Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Date:

7 June 1943

Description:

Caption by Maclyn McCarty reads: "Titration of the last preparation of purified DNA from pneumococcus type III before beginning the process of preparing the paper for publication. All procedures in the purification process had been carried out in the cold, except for treatment with ribonuclease and the Dubos enzyme hydrolyzing the capsular polysaccharide. This preparation showed transforming activity in 50% of the tubes containing 0.003 micrograms of the final product."

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 4

Genre:

Laboratory notes

Subject:

Transformation, Genetic

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Transforming Activity - T.P. #43 - 44 (image 2), 1943
Transforming Activity - T.P. #43 - 44 (image 3), 1943
Transforming Activity - T.P. #43 - 44 (image 4), 1943

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

CCAADE

NLM ID:

101584575X72

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X72

Story Section:

DNA as the "Stuff of Genes": The Discovery of the Transforming Principle, 1940-1944