Chapter 24, Problem 9EQ

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

In the experiment performed for the identification of chromosomal oncogenes using mouse cell lines, what would be the results if the DNA sample had been treated with DNase, RNase, or protease prior to the treatment with calcium and phosphate ions?

Introduction:

In $\text{1979}$, Rober Weinberg and his colleagues designed an experiment to demonstrate that the purified chromosomal DNA of infected cells (malignant cells) can be taken up by normal cells and normal cells can transfer into malignant cells.