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22. Jan. 2005 · Maclyn McCarty had a laugh that could travel long distances, and was regularly heard around the New York campus of Rockefeller University, USA, where he worked for 60 years, recalls his good friend and colleague Richard Krause. “He laughed often”, says Krause, now senior investigator at the US National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “Of course, if something made him angry ...
11. Okt. 2005 · Maclyn McCarty, who devoted his life as a physician-scientist to studying infectious disease organisms, was best known for his part in the monumental discovery that DNA, rather than protein, constituted the chemical nature of a gene. Uncovering the molecular secret of the gene in question—that for the capsular polysaccharide of pneumococcal bacteria—led the way to studying heredity not ...
Maclyn McCarty (South Bend, Indiana, 9 de junio de 1911- 2 de enero de 2005) fue un genetista estadounidense.. Maclyn McCarty, dedicó su vida como médico-científico para el estudio de los organismos de enfermedades infecciosas, era más conocido por su participación en el descubrimiento monumental que el ADN, en lugar de proteínas, constituye la naturaleza química de un gen. Descubrir el ...
Maclyn McCarty was born in South Bend, Indiana. His father worked for the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend and was sent to various locations around the country. His family moved with him and McCarty's early education was itinerant until they settled back in South Bend in 1922. His parents were both extremely well-read and they encouraged their children to be self-sufficient in the pursuit ...
23. Apr. 2013 · 1944: DNA is "Transforming Principle". Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty showed that DNA (not proteins) can transform the properties of cells, clarifying the chemical nature of genes. Avery, MacLeod and McCarty identified DNA as the "transforming principle" while studying Streptococcus pneumoniae, bacteria that can cause pneumonia.
Maclyn McCarty (June 9, 1911, to January 2, 2005) with Francis Crick and James D. Watson. (Photo: Marjorie McCarty) pneumococcal transformation, the heritable alteration of a pneumococcal strain from a nonvirulent rough form to a virulent smooth encapsulated form. McCarty’s arrival at the Rockefeller Institute in September 1941 marked 13 ...
Maclyn McCarty, 1911–2005 Maclyn McCarty, known to all of his friends as Mac, died on 2 January 2005 at the age of 93. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, USA, in 1911 as the second of four sons ...
