Phage Group

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The Phage Group was an informal collective of mid-20th-century molecular biologists who used bacteriophages to uncover fundamental principles of genetics and helped lay the foundations of molecular biology.

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instanceOf informal collective of scientists
research group
contributedTo Benzer’s fine-structure mapping of genes
Hershey–Chase experiment
understanding of gene function
understanding of gene structure
understanding of genetic recombination
understanding of mutation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
field genetics
molecular biology
hasMember Alfred Hershey
Alvin John Clark
André Lwoff
Arne Tiselius
Charles Steinberg
Ellis Englesberg
Emory Ellis
Esther Lederberg
Evelyn Witkin
Francis Crick
François Jacob
George Streisinger
Gunther Stent
Harley McDevitt
Herman J. Muller
surface form: Hermann Muller

James Watson
surface form: James D. Watson

Jean Weigle
Jean-Claude Weill
Joshua Lederberg
Leo Szilard
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Mark Adams
Martha Chase
Matthew Meselson
Max Delbrück
Norton Zinder
Renato Dulbecco
Robert Sinsheimer
Salvador Luria
Seymour Benzer
Sydney Brenner
Werner Maas
hasNotableAwardedMember Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
influenced development of molecular genetics
experimental approaches in molecular biology
influencedBy Max Delbrück
Niels Bohr
location California Institute of Technology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Institut Pasteur
surface form: Pasteur Institute

University of Wisconsin–Madison
mainResearchSubject bacterial virus
bacteriophage
notableFor helping to establish molecular biology as a discipline
using bacteriophages to study fundamental principles of genetics
researchMethod bacteriophage infection experiments
genetic analysis of bacteriophage mutants
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Max Delbrück memberOf Phage Group