Title:

Letter from Melvin Cohn, Washington University School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

Cohn, Melvin
Washington University (Saint-Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

20 November 1956

Description:

Biochemists and other biomedical researchers depend on one another for substances and preparations they used in their experiments. Cohn here mentioned that he was supplying Heidelberger with B-galactosidase, an enzyme that helps bacteria ferment sugar and that played a key role in bacterial genetics research in the 1950s. Cohn also mentioned the use of radioactive tags to identify individual proteins in solutions.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 5

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Melvin Cohn.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Immune Sera and Galactosidases

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBFW

NLM ID:

101584940X80

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X80

Story Section:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954