title: Discovering genes are made of DNA.
abstract: Maclyn McCarty is the sole surviving member of the team that made the remarkable discovery that DNA is the material of inheritance. This preceded by a decade the discovery of the structure of DNA itself. Here he shares his personal perspective of those times and the impact of the double helix.
authors.affiliation: The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York 10021, USA. mccartm@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Maclyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCarty
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D005796:Genes; D040941:Heredity / Q000235:genetics*; D049673:History, 20th Century
chemical_list: D004247:DNA