Select the correct match.

Options

A. Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod – Lac operon
B. Matthew Meselson and F. Stahl – Pisum sativum
C. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase – TMV
D. Alec Jeffreys – Streptococcus pneumoniae

Answer

A

Explanation

The lac operon (lactose operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and many other enteric bacteria. This lactose metabolism system was used by Jacob and Monod to determine how a cell knows which enzyme to synthesize. Their work on the lac operon won them the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1965.