Acid Quote by Anonymous

“the transforming principle could not be made of DNA because nucleic acids were all alike. As”

— Matthew Cobb

“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

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

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

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

— Matthew Cobb

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

— Severo Ochoa

“If the adaptor hypothesis were true (and it was), this meant that the role of DNA and RNA would be reduced to simply carrying…

— Matthew Cobb

“DNA directs the construction of strings of chemicals; those chemicals influence the configuration of the whole organism; that configuration influences how likely it is…

— Bill Nye

We wish to discuss a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid. D.N.A. This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologic…

— Rosalind Franklin

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

“My laboratory is interested in the related challenges of understanding the origin of life on the early earth, and constructing synthetic cellular life in…

— Jack W. Szostak

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized…

— Anonymous