When Avery and McCarty Were Attempting to Identify the Substance

question 28

Multiple Choice

When Avery and McCarty were attempting to identify the substance involved transferring hereditary material, they tested the ability of a bacterial S cell extract to transform R cells after different components of the extract were degraded by enzymes. Which treatment inhibited the ability of the S cell extract to transform R cells?

• A)DNA-degrading enzymes
• B)RNA-degrading enzymes
• C)protein-degrading enzymes
• D)lipid-degrading enzymes
• E)amino acid-degrading enzymes

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