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Griffth performed an experiment where mice were killed when injected with a mixture of heat killed S-strain and live R-strain of Streptococcus, but mice were alive when these strains were injected separately. Mice were killed because

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Proteins from heat killed S strain made R strain virulent

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RNA from heat killed S strain made R strain virulent

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Both DNA and RNA from heat killed strain transformed the R strain and made it pathogenic

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DNA from heat killed S strain transformed the R strain and made it virulent

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