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Clover leaf model of tRNA was proposed by

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Meselson
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Fleming
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Went
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Holley
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The correct option is D Holley
Introduction to clover leaf structure of tRNA

t-RNA or transfer-RNA has a clover leaf like structure with four arms, namely, amino acid acceptor arm, anticodon arm, TѱC arm and DHU arm, and a stem. Out of these, the amino acid acceptor arm is stem like and the remaining three are loop like.


Holley
In 1964, R. W. Holley proposed the clover leaf model for the structure of tRNA.


Went
Went conducted an experiment to demonstrate the existence of auxins in plants.

Meselson
Meselson and Stahl demonstrated semiconservative replication of DNA in E.coli using 15N radioactive isotope.

Fleming
Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum.

Final answer:
(a) Holley

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