Before revision: In 1996 Fredricks and Relman proposed a seven-point list of " MOLECULAR GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING MICROBIAL DISEASE CAUSATION ", because of "the discovery of nucleic acids" by Watson and Crick "as the source of genetic information and as the basis for precise characterization of an organism."
After revision: In 1996 Fredricks and Relman proposed a seven-point list of " Molecular Guidelines for Establishing Microbial Disease Causation ", because of "the discovery of nucleic acids" by Watson and Crick "as the source of genetic information and as the basis for precise characterization of an organism."