Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Klug, Aaron
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 13 February 1959
- Description:
- In this letter Klug discussed virus structure and possible symmetries in the arrangements of subunits of protein, which together with RNA make up the polio virus Klug was examining. (Other viruses have DNA as their genetic material.) Crick had become interested in the study of virus structure in the mid-1950s as a way of understanding the structure and transcription of RNA.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 23. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/18
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Aaron Klug.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- RNA and Viruses
- 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:
- SCBBPJ
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X213
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X213
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966