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Draft of speech given at the International Congress of Biochemistry in Moscow

Title:: Draft of speech given at the International Congress of Biochemistry in Moscow
Creator:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: [ca. August 1961]
Description:: The International Congress of Biochemistry in Moscow was held in August 1961. In this typed draft of the classic speech that pushed Nirenberg into the scientific spotlight, he announces how poly-U amino acids stimulate the incorporation of phenylalanine into a polypeptide chain. Handwritten corrections are included.
Location:: Box: 126. Folder: 22
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Marshall W. Nirenberg.
Genre:: Speeches
Drafts (documents)
Subject:: RNA, Messenger, Amino Acids, and Proteins
Format:: Text
Extent:: 3 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBKB
NLM ID:: 101584910X148
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X148
Story Section:: Synthetic RNA and the Poly-U Experiments, 1959-1962