Gallery 15: Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922. (1 of 4)

Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922. Levene had a large lab space; note the type of equipment used at the time.

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16348. Gallery 15: Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922. (2 of 4)

Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922.

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16349. Gallery 15: Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922. (3 of 4)

Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute.

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16350. Gallery 15: Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute, 1922. (4 of 4)

Levene's laboratory at the Rockefeller Institute--used for distillation purposes.

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16346. Gallery 15: Levene working in the lab.

Levene working in the lab.

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16352. Video 15: Thomas Sakmar, clip 1

Comments on some of the prevailing theories of the time and Phoebus Levene's basic hypothesis

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16353. Video 15: Thomas Sakmar, clip 2

Phoebus Levene's contributions -- the distinction between DNA and RNA.

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16354. Video 15: Thomas Sakmar, clip 3

The work of Erwin Chargaff and how it contributed to the downfall of Levene's tetranucleotide theory.

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16355. Video 15: Thomas Sakmar, clip 4

Did Levene's tetranucleotide theory affect the development of ideas in the field of nucleic acid research?

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16357. Biography 15: Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene (1869-1940)

Phoebus Levene was an organic chemist in the early 1900's. He is perhaps best known for his incorrect tetranucleotide hypothesis of DNA.

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16379. Gallery 17: Oswald Avery's memorandum of appointment

Memo approving Avery's appointment to the Rockefeller Institute.

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