What was the result of the digestion of transforming substance with proteases and RNases?

What was the result of the digestion of transforming substance with proteases and RNases?
  1. Transformation was inhibited
  2. Transformation was not affected
  3. Transformation was increased
  4. Transformation was only partially affected

Solution

They also discovered that protein-digesting enzymes (proteases) and RNA-digesting enzymes (RNases) did not affect transformation, so the transforming substance was not a protein or RNA.

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