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The first scientist to perform multiple tests on the transforming principle, to determine if it was DNA or protein Griffith Chargraff Avery Hershey
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The first scientist to perform multiple tests on the transforming principle, to determine if it was DNA or protein

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Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty showed that DNA (not proteins) can transform the properties of cells, clarifying the chemical nature of genes. Avery, MacLeod and McCarty identified DNA as the "transforming principle" while studying Streptococcus pneumoniae, bacteria that can cause pneumonia.
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