Letter from Francis Crick to Aaron Klug [letter 1]
Description:
In his letter Crick drew on his broad knowledge of X-ray crystallography in commenting on Klug's recent hypotheses regarding the three-dimensional configuration of atoms within nucleosomes, compounds of chromosomal DNA and histones (proteins that have a structural or scaffolding function) that appear like beads on a string under the electron microscope.
Item is a photocopy.
Number of Image Pages:
3 (898,896 Bytes)
Date:
1977-04-27 (April 27, 1977)
Creator:
Crick, Francis
Recipient:
Klug, Aaron
Source:
Original Repository: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Letter from Francis Crick to Aaron Klug [letter 2] (April 27, 1977)