Radiological evidence for partial genetic homology between bacteriophage and host bacteria

STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL NATURE OF THE SUBSTANCE INDUCING TRANSFORMATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL TYPES

Oswald T. Avery, Colin M. MacLeod, Maclyn McCarty · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1944 · 3.2K citations · Full text

Chemical Transformation, Chemical Nature, Bacteriology +19

INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONS OF VIRAL PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACID IN GROWTH OF BACTERIOPHAGE

A. D. Hershey, Martha Chase · The Journal of General Physiology · 1952 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Viral Replication, Microbial Pathogens, Bacteriology +18

GENETIC EXCHANGE IN SALMONELLA

Norton D. Zinder, Joshua Lederberg · Journal of Bacteriology · 1952 · 823 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Foodborne Pathogens +11

The bases of the nucleic acids of some bacterial and animal viruses: the occurrence of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine

G. R. Wyatt, Shira Cohen · Biochemical Journal · 1953 · 606 citations · Full text

HOST CONTROLLED VARIATION IN BACTERIAL VIRUSES

G. Bertani, J. Weigle · Journal of Bacteriology · 1953 · 488 citations · Full text

Viral Evolution, Host Factor, Virology +4