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Which discovery is attributed to Phoebus Levene?
construction of an accurate DNA model
extraction and observation of DNA
recognition of RNA as DNA’s messenger
identification of ribose and deoxyribose
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Identification of ribose and deoxyribose.
Phoebus Levene analyzed nucleic acids and determined their basic components (phosphate, a sugar — ribose or deoxyribose — and bases), and proposed the nucleotide structure (including the tetranucleotide idea). He did not extract DNA (that was Miescher), build an accurate DNA model (Watson & Crick), or establish RNA as DNA’s messenger.
Phoebus Levene analyzed nucleic acids and determined their basic components (phosphate, a sugar — ribose or deoxyribose — and bases), and proposed the nucleotide structure (including the tetranucleotide idea). He did not extract DNA (that was Miescher), build an accurate DNA model (Watson & Crick), or establish RNA as DNA’s messenger.
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