Title:

Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Barry Commoner

Creator:

Franklin, Rosalind

Recipient:

Commoner, Barry, 1917-2012 and Henry Shaw School of Botany

Date:

27 April 1955

Description:

Following her 1954 visit to the United States, Franklin collaborated with Commoner on a study of a protein he called B8, which was similar to the protein in some viruses. Here she reported the submission and acceptance of their paper for publication in Nature, and discussed work on materials obtained from other researchers.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/33

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 and RNA

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Barry Commoner, 1955

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313

Legacy ID:

KRBBFC

NLM ID:

101584586X65

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X65

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958