Title:

Letter from Henry M. Sobell to Arthur Kornberg

Creator:

Sobell, Henry M.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recipient:

Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007

Date:

31 December 1964

Description:

In their work with DNA polymerase, Kornberg and his colleagues had found that it could induce a seemingly spontaneous synthesis of an adenine-thymine polymer, without a template. This phenomenon raised a number of questions about the nature of chemical bonds in nucleotides and nucleic acids, and the exact mechanism of the polymerase. In this letter, Henry Sobell asked Kornberg about the feasibility of approaching some of these problems via crystallographic studies and included his research proposal on this topic.

Original Repository:

Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Arthur Kornberg Papers

Location:

Box: 32

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Henry M. Sobell.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Henry M. Sobell, 1965

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Arthur Kornberg Papers. 12455

Legacy ID:

WHBBHD

NLM ID:

101584605X107

Profiles Collection:

The Arthur Kornberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584605X107

Story Section:

"Creating Life in the Test Tube," 1959-1970