Title:

Genetic Memory

Creator:

Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Date:

25 November 1968

Description:

A reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association article, presented as a 1968 Albert Lasker Basic Research Award Lecture at the New York University Medical Center. Nirenberg recounts developments in deciphering the genetic language, formulation of codons and the meaning of their punctuation, mechanisms of codon recognition, and the issue of universality. As the translation apparatus of the cell accepts and follows instructions written in the appropriate molecular language, Nirenberg suggests our ability to decipher and manipulate that language means synthetic messages will probably eventually be used to "program cells and their descendents."

Periodical:

Journal of the American Medical Association

Publisher:

American Medical Association

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

DNA Replication, Codon, RNA, Messenger, Amino Acid Sequence, and Genetic Code

Format:

Text

Extent:

5 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Nirenberg, Marshall W. "Genetic Memory." Journal of the American Medical Association 206, 9 (25 November 1968): 1973-1977. Article. 5 Images.. Journal of the American Medical Association

Legacy ID:

JJBBHN

NLM ID:

101584910X116

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X116

Story Section:

Translating the Code of Life and the Nobel Prize, 1962-1968