the transforming principle could not be made of DNA…

“Every result converged on the same conclusion: the transforming principle was composed of DNA. The discussion section of the article outlined the genetic context…

— Matthew Cobb

“By the end of the 1940s, it was widely known that the levels of protein in the transforming principle were effectively zero.”

— Matthew Cobb

If the results of the present study on the chemical nature of the transforming principle are confirmed, then nucleic acids must be regarded as…

— Anonymous

We are now witnessing, after the slow fermentation of fifty years, a concentration of technical power aimed at the essential determinants of heredity, development…

— C. D. Darlington

The results serve to disprove the tetranucleotide hypothesis. It is, however, noteworthy-whether this is more than accidental, cannot yet be said-that in all desoxypentose…

— Erwin Chargaff

The nucleic acids, as constituents of living organisms, are comparable In importance to proteins. There is evidence that they are Involved In the processes…

— Linus Pauling

In this atmosphere I soon became interested in nucleic acids.

— Frederick Sanger

Nucleic acids are the main information-carrying molecules of the cell, and, by directing the process of protein synthesis, they determine the inherited characteristics of…

— Richard J. Roberts

“We humans look rather different from a tree. Without a doubt we perceive the world differently than a tree does. But down deep, at…

— Anonymous

We are, in a way, temporary ambulatory repositories for our nucleic acids. This does not deny our humanity; it does not prevent us from…

— Carl Sagan

I think you can say that life is a system in which proteins and nucleic acids interact in ways that allow the structure to…

— Andrew H. Knoll

The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters.

— Severo Ochoa

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who…

— Marian Wright Edelman

One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers the chance…

— Alex Berenson

It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces…

— David Bohm