Question

What tests did frederick miescher perform on nucleic acids?

Answer 1

Concept 15 DNA and proteins are key molecules of the cell nucleus. In 1869,Friedrich Miescher isolated "nuclein,"DNA with associated proteins, from cell nuclei. He was the first to identifyDNA as a distinct molecule. Phoebus Levene was an organic chemist in the early 1900's.

Answer 2

Miescher isolated various phosphate-rich chemicals, which he called nuclein (now nucleic acids), from the nuclei of white blood cells in 1869 in Felix Hoppe-Seyler's laboratory