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The discovery of the structure of DNA*. DNA had been known as one of the components of cells for a long time, and the Avery, Macleod, and McCarty paper from 194
by elsherbini 9y ago
The discovery of the structure of DNA*. DNA had been known as one of the components of cells for a long time, and the Avery, Macleod, and McCarty paper from 1944[0] showed that DNA was the substance that carried information, rather than protein.
[0] http://jem.rupress.org/content/79/2/137 http://jem.rupress.org/content/79/2/137