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How Could the Hershey and Chase Experimental Procedure Be Re-Designed

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How could the Hershey and Chase experimental procedure be re-designed to support the hypothesis that RNA rather than DNA was the transforming agent?


A) Replace T2 bacteriophage with an RNA virus.
B) Replace Escherichia with an RNA virus.
C) Use 35S to label an RNA virus and 32P to label a DNA virus.
D) Extract RNA from Escherichia and mix it with the T2 bacteriophage.
E) Use 35S and 32P to label the same components of an RNA virus and T2 bacteriophage,then add both viruses to Escherichia cells.

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