# Talk:Avery–MacLeod–McCarty experiment

It would be a good idea I think to get a few images into this article before it hits the main page. I'm sure there are plenty of copyright-free illustrations of DNA etc. Could someone who knows the material have a look? Gracias, the skomorokh 14:11, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I've added some images; one of macroscopic DNA (since that's how they worked with it and the strucutre was still unknown), and one of Griffith's experiment, which is closely connected.--ragesoss (talk) 17:42, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Muchas gracias; is it possible to link the captions more explicitly with the images? the skomorokh 17:51, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
How's that?--ragesoss (talk) 17:57, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
A lot more helpful for the scientifically impaired! Mahalo, the skomorokh 17:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

this experiment was based on radioactivity. Radiolabelled Sulpher and Phosphrus was used to findout the nature of genetic material. As Phosphorus is present in DNA/RNA as it get rediolabelled by P34 and Cellwall consist of Sulpher, so S42 was used in this experiment. Both show reaction on radioactivity test. so we can find it out that what is going in next generation and what not. 
Avaneesh Dwivedi  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.141.106.117 (talk) 10:16, 19 March 2010 (UTC) 

I think you're referring to the Hershey-Chase experiment here. That was done about 10 years later, on viruses. ·Arianwen· (talk) 15:22, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
As far as I can see (perhaps I'm too sleepy to notice) there is nothing in the article on the experiment itself... which would be a major failing. I remember it was something along the lines of "dead S + proteases" + live R ==> transformation still occurs; repeat with lipase, RNAase, carboase... ==> transformation still occurs; only with DNAase does transformation not occur.
I will try to look into it, but if anyone else has the time, go forth and conquer!
·Arianwen· (talk) 14:35, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out.  Looks like some vandalism or experimental edits slipped through, and several sections were removed.  I've restored them.