title: The career of Maclyn McCarty.
abstract: On January 2, 2005, the scientific community lost a valued colleague and friend. Maclyn McCarty, or "Mac," as he was better known, was perhaps most recognized for his part in the discovery of DNA as the carrier of genetic information. But McCarty's scientific career was long and fruitful, and his contributions to science were vast. This retrospective offers a look at some of Mac's other notable scientific achievements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. ecg@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Emil C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Gotschlich
authors.forename: Vincent A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Fischetti
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000266:history; D040941:Heredity / Q000235:genetics*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA