What was the outcome of the experiment that reconstituted two different strains of tobacco mosaic viruses that had different infection characteristics?
A) The differences in infection characteristics depended only on the RNA sequence of the virus strain.
B) The differences in infection characteristics depended only the the protein coat.
C) The differences in infection characteristics depended on an RNA and protein coat interaction.

Question

What was the outcome of the experiment that reconstituted two different strains of tobacco mosaic viruses that had different infection characteristics?
A) The differences in infection characteristics  depended only on the RNA sequence of the virus strain.
B) The differences in infection characteristics depended only the the protein coat.
C) The differences in infection characteristics depended on an RNA and protein coat interaction.

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The experiment demonstrated that the infection characteristics of the tobacco mosaic virus were determined by the RNA sequence, not the protein coat.

What Was the Outcome of the Experiment That Reconstituted Two