Multiple choice

Match the people in column I to their contribution toward the advancement of microbiology, in column II. Column I Column II P. Nathans, Smith, Arber 1. Reverse transcriptase Q. Dulbecco, Temin, Baltimore 2. Restriction enzymes R. Edelman and Porter 3. Bacterial photosynthesis pigments S. Deisenhofer, Huber, Michel 4. Antibodies

  1. P-1; Q-2; R-3; S-4

  2. P-1; Q-3; R-2; S-4

  3. P-2; Q-1; R-4; S-3

  4. P-3; Q-2; R-1; S-4

  5. P-3; Q-4; R-1; S-2

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Explanation

Werner Arber, Dan Nathans and Hamilton Smith shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics. Howard Martin Temin, Renato Dulbecco and David Baltimore shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for discovery of reverse transcriptase. Rodney Porter and Gerald Edelman won the Nobel Prize of 1972 for discovery of antibodies. Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, and Hartmut Michel  shared 1988 Noble Prize for describing the structure of bacterial photosynthetic pigments.