In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty Used

In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty used an in vitro agglutination assay to demonstrate that purified DNA was sufficient to cause transformation of cells, and that the transforming factor could be destroyed by

A) ribonucleases but not by deoxyribonuclease or protease enzymes.
B) proteases but not by deoxyribonuclease or ribonuclease enzymes.
C) deoxyribonucleases but not by protease or ribonuclease enzymes.
D) both deoxyribonucleases and proteases but not by ribonuclease enzymes.