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Assertion : Transforming substance was not a protein or RNA.
Reason : Proteases and RNAases do not affect transfomation.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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`**` Protein - digesting enzymes (proteases) and RNA -digesting enzymes (Rnases) did not affect transformation, so the transforming substance was not a protein or RNA.
`**` Digestion with Dnase did inhibit transformation, suggesting that the DNA caused the transformation.
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