Read the following paragraph and answer the following question. Hershey-Chase experiment broke the barriers of science and expanded the understanding of life. In this experiment, two sets of bacteriophages are used in which one contains radioactive sulphur in its protein coat (Set-I) and other contains radioactive phosphorus in its DNA (Set-II). These two sets were allowed reproduce in E.Coli culture and then centrifuged. Which among the following are correct Set-I and Set-II after centrifugation?
Read the following paragraph and answer the following question. Hershey-Chase experiment broke the barriers of science and expanded the understanding of life. In this experiment, two sets of bacteriophages are used in which one contains radioactive sulphur in its protein coat (Set-I) and other contains radioactive phosphorus in its DNA (Set-II). These two sets were allowed reproduce in E.Coli culture and then centrifuged. Which among the following are correct Set-I and Set-II after centrifugation? Correct Answer Set-I contains radioactive sulphur in its pellet and set-II contains radioactive phosphorous in its supernatant
Set-I contains radioactive sulphur in its pellet and set-II contains radioactive phosphorous in its supernatant. This is because T2 bacteriophages replicates by injecting DNA into E.Coli whereas the protein coat remains outside E.Coli. This mixture when centrifuged forms sediment and pellet containing DNA and protein coat respectively.
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