Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Klug, Aaron
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 16 January 1961
- Description:
- In his letter Klug gave electron density calculations derived from experiments with synthetic DNA made of one chain consisting of a sequence of only adenine bases, called poly-A, plus the complementary second chain. Despite Crick's earlier skepticism, research with simple, repeating synthetic sequences of DNA and RNA consisting of just one base yielded many important experimental results in deciphering the genetic code.
- 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:
- Genetic Code and DNA
- 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:
- SCBBPM
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X215
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X215
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966