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Letter from Francois Jacob to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Title:: Letter from Francois Jacob to Marshall W. Nirenberg
Creator:: Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
Jacob, Franc?ois, 1920-2013
Recipient:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: 20 December 1961
Description:: This letter congratulates Nirenberg for the two manuscripts on protein synthesis, which he sent to the Institut Pasteur in late 1961. Jacob refers to Nirenberg's work as a "wonderful story."
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 30
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Francois Jacob.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBHM
NLM ID:: 101584910X115
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X115
Story Section:: Public Reactions to the Genetic Code, 1961-1968