Letter from Rosalind Franklin to H. Fraenkel-Conrat
- Title:
- Letter from Rosalind Franklin to H. Fraenkel-Conrat
- Creator:
- Franklin, Rosalind
- Recipient:
- Fraenkel-Conrat, H. and University of California, Berkeley
- Date:
- 21 February 1956
- Description:
- During her 1954 visit to the United States, Franklin met or renewed acquaintance with many virus researchers, who were able to send samples of their virus material and brainstorm with her on her x-ray diffraction findings. Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat at the UC Berkeley Virus Laboratory was especially helpful, sending a variety of heavy-atom substituted TMV preparations. As Franklin noted in this letter, it was Fraenkel-Conrat's mercury-substituted TMV that enabled her to determine the location of the RNA in the virus.
- Original Repository:
- Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
- Location:
- Folder: 2/35
- Rights:
- Reproduced from the Franklin Collection at the Churchill Archives Centre with the permission of the copyright holder.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus, RNA, and X-Ray Diffraction
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313
- Legacy ID:
- KRBBGY
- NLM ID:
- 101584586X100
- Profiles Collection:
- The Rosalind Franklin Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X100
- Story Section:
- Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958