Hershey and Chase started with a virus called a
. They used the radioactive isotope sulfur-35 to label the
of the virus and phosphorus-32 to label the
of the virus. They allowed the tagged virus to infect bacteria and studied the results. Hershey and Chase found that the only radioactive isotope within the bacteria was
. This result indicated that the genetic material inserted by the virus to infect the bacteria was
.
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DNA
bacteriophage
protein
32P
35S