Question
Explain the meselson stahle experiment.
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Answer
Messelson and Stahl (1958) grew the bacterium Escherichia coli in a medium containing nitrogen salts with stable isotope ${ }^{15} N$. ${ }^{15} N$ got incorporated into both strands of DNA and this DNA was heavier as compared to the DNA obtained from E. coli grown in ${ }^{14} N$ medium. The heavier DNA could be separated by centrifugation. Messelson and Stahl obtained E. coli cells grown in ${ }^{15} N$ and transferred them to a medium containing ${ }^{14} N$. After one generation, when bacterial cell had multiplied into two, they isolated the DNA and evaluated its density which was found to be intermediate between that of the heavier ${ }^{15} N$ DNA and lighter ${ }^{14} N$ DNA. Clearly, this was because during one generation, new DNA molecules with ${ }^{15} N$ old strand and a complementary ${ }^{14} N$ new strand were formed (having intermediate density). It proved that DNA replication is semiconservative.
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