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Isolation of Nuclein
- When
- 1869
- Where
- University of Tübingen
Miescher isolated phosphate-rich chemicals called nuclein from white blood cell nuclei in 1869 at the University of Tübingen.
In 1869, Friedrich Miescher isolated various phosphate-rich chemicals, which he called nuclein, from the nuclei of white blood cells in Felix Hoppe-Seyler's laboratory at the University of Tübingen, Germany. This work paved the way for the identification of DNA as the carrier of inheritance.
Sources
- Friedrich Miescher Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03
- Nucleic acid Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-08
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