DNA is making waves for many years. As a genetic material,it is always in the limelight. There is one experiment that proved that DNA,not protein is the genetic material way back in 1952. In all textbooks,the chapter on DNA begins with Herchey chase and Avery experiments.
The evilutionary Biologist has a post on Hershey and chase as this week's citation classic.
Take a look at the original paper of Hershey and Martha chase on Blender experiment.