Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson
- Title:
- Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson
- Creator:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Recipient:
- Watson, James D., 1928-
- Date:
- 5 March 1958
- Description:
- In this letter Crick gave an overview of ongoing work in his laboratory, in particular Brenner's phage studies and Crick's own work on soluble RNA--the main component of Crick's predicted adaptor molecules, later to be called transfer RNA--with the visiting Harvard biologist Mahlon Hoagland, work for which the two had been given a room at the Molteno Institute in Cambridge.. Moreover, Crick mentioned "a short sharp course on simple modern genetics" he and Sydney Brenner were giving to the protein chemist Frederick Sanger and his group, a sign of the convergence between biochemistry and genetics that eventually made possible the elucidation of the genetic code. The same was illustrated by the simultaneous visit to Cambridge by the geneticists Seymour Benzer and the biochemist Paul Doty, both from the United States.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 26. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/45
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Molecular Biology and RNA
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/
- Legacy ID:
- SCBBJC
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X111
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X111
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966