Virus Season 1 Episode 6 Threads of Life 1960
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Presents an analysis of nucleic acid. Uses a large model of the tobacco mosaic virus to explain its structure. Demonstrates how a virus can be reconstituted from nucleic acid and protein molecules. Discusses the recent discovery of the alteration of nucleic acid to form mutations of the original virus. Concludes with a theory which may account for the way in which genetic information is stored in nucleic acid and then translated into a specific protein structure.
- Released: 1960-02-05
- Runtime: 29 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, Talk
- Stars: Robley C. William, Wendell M. Stanley
- Director: E.G. Valens, E.G. Valens
