Module: 01 Introduction to Nucleic acids -Historical Perspective
Principal Investigator Prof. Sunil Kumar Khare, Professor,
Department of Chemistry, IIT-Delhi
Paper Coordinators Prof. Sunil Kumar Khare, Department of
Chemistry, IIT-Delhi
&
Prof. M.N. Gupta, Department of
Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology,
IIT-Delhi
Content Writer Prof. Sunil Kumar Khare, Department of
Chemistry, IIT-Delhi
Content Reviewer Dr. Arun Goyal
Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati, 781 039 Assam, India
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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BIOMOLECULES II
Biochemistry
INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEIC ACIDS-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
, DESCRIPTION OF MODULE
Subject Name Biochemistry
Paper Name STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BIOMOLECULES II
Module Introduction to Nucleic acids-Historical Perspective
Name/Title
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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BIOMOLECULES II
Biochemistry
INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEIC ACIDS-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
, 1. Objectives
• History of genetic material
• Historical experiments-DNA as a hereditary material
• Understanding the timeline of DNA discovery
2. Concept Map
DNA discovery-historical
perspectives
Evidences towards the
Initial search for DNA Timeline of DNA discovery
DNA as hereditary material
Historical Experiments
towards the discovery of
DNA
Avery, MacLeod and Hershey-Chase
Griffith's experiment
McCarty Experiment Bacteriophage Experiment
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STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF BIOMOLECULES II
Biochemistry
INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEIC ACIDS-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE