Preface to a Grammar of Biology

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

James Dewey Watson, Francis Crick · Nature · 1953 · 13.2K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

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 · 3.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +9

Chemical specificity of nucleic acids and mechanism of their enzymatic degradation

Erwin Chargaff · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 1950 · 511 citations

Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16