on T 2 bacteriophage

on T bacteriophage Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase ( ) conducted experiments on bacteriophages that infect bacteria. Phage T is a virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli . When Fig. . The Hershey-Chase (blender) experiment Bacteriophages Radioactive Sulfur ( S) labelled protein capsule (red) Infection Blending Centrifugation After centrifugation no Radioactive Sulfur ( S) detected in cells. Radioactive Sulfur ( S) detected in supernatant No Radioactivity detected in supernatant Radioactive Phosphorus ( P) labelled DNA (red) After centrifugation Radioactive Phosphorus ( P) detected in cells. XII Std Biology-Zoology Chapter- XII Std Biology-Zoology Chapter- Molecular Genetics