Nuclein / nucleic acids (Miescher)
Nucleína (ácidos nucleicos)
- Date
- 1869 · confidence high
- Place
- University of Tübingen, Germany
- Credited to
- Friedrich Miescher
- People
- 👤 Joham Friedrich Miescher1844–1895
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
He isolated from leukocyte nuclei (pus from bandages) a phosphorus-rich substance distinct from proteins, which he called nuclein: DNA. Nobody at the time suspected its hereditary role.
What it led to
- chemistry of nucleic acids (Kossel, Levene)
- identification of DNA as the genetic material (1944)
- molecular biology
Built on
- Hoppe-Seyler's physiological chemistry