Title:

Letter from Matthew Meselson to Salvador E. Luria

Creator:

California Institute of Technology
Meselson, Matthew

Recipient:

Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

Date:

18 January 1958

Description:

Meselson described some of his work in progress on density gradient centrifugation, and provided Luria with instructions for doing it. Meselson's experiments with Franklin Stahl on the replication of DNA that were published later in 1958 helped cement the concept of the double helix by validating a model that many scientists still saw as speculation and demonstrated how two strands of a helix could physically code for the material of inheritance.

Original Repository:

American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Matthew Meselson.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Matthew Meselson to Salvador E. Luria, 1958

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers. 12096

Legacy ID:

QLBBGS

NLM ID:

101584611X98

Profiles Collection:

The Salvador E. Luria Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X98

Story Section:

From Phage to Colicins, 1945-1972