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Fredrich Miescher
First to identify nucleic acid. -
Fredrick Griffith
Showed that bacteria could transform from one strain to many more. -
Max Delbruck
Helped launch the molecular biology research program. (late thirties, date unknown) -
Beadle and Tatum
Discovered how genes direct the synthesis of enzymes that control metabolic processes. (specific date unknown) -
Avery , McCarty, MacLeod
Discovered that DNA is the substance that causes bacterial transformation. (specific date unknown) -
Paul Berg
Contributed to basic research involving nucleic acids. (Specific date unknown.) -
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
Confirmed that DNA is genetic material. -
Rosalind Franklin & Maurice Wilkins
Worked with many to formulate a Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. -
James Watson and Francis Crick
Discovered teh structure of DNA. -
Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl
Showed that DNA replicates semi-conservatively. -
Arthur Kornberg
Discovered of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. -
Erwin Chargaff
Discovered two rules that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA (Specific date unknown.) -
Marshall Nirenberg
Discovered that the genetic code operates in protein synthesis. -
Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer
Discovered methods to combine and transplant genes. (Specific date unknown.) -
Kary Mullis
Improved the polymerase chain reaction technique.
