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He discovered that live pneumococci R (not dangerous) could assimilate the protein coat of dead pneumococci S (very dangerous). This in itself was mearly interesting and unexlained, however, it led to Oswald Avery's discovery that protein synthesis was controlled by nucleic acid (specifically deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA).

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