Title:

Some Parallels Between Gene Control Systems in Maize and in Bacteria

Creator:

McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992

Date:

[September-October 1961]

Description:

In this article, McClintock attempted to link the regulation of controlling elements to observations made by Francois Jacob, Jacques Monod, and Andre Lwoff on bacterial operons in 1960. In part, McClintock was trying to establish her preeminence in the study of gene regulation, but she also wanted to demonstrate that regulation was widespread among organisms. Many of the parallels she observed were not universally accepted and McClintock backed off most of her claims by 1968.

Periodical:

American Naturalist

Publisher:

University of Chicago. Press

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 1

Rights:

Reprinted from AMERICAN NATURALIST published by the University of Chicago Press, copyright 1961 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. and http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Genes, Plant, Mutation, Zea mays, Genes, Bacterial, and Genes, Suppressor

Format:

Text

Extent:

13 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. McClintock, Barbara. "Some Parallels Between Gene Control Systems in Maize and in Bacteria." American Naturalist 95, 884 ([September-October 1961]): 265-277. Article. 13 Images.. American Naturalist

Legacy ID:

LLBBBG

NLM ID:

101584613X5

Profiles Collection:

The Barbara McClintock Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584613X5

Story Section:

Controlling Elements: Cold Spring Harbor, 1942-1967