Title:

Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick

Creator:

Klug, Aaron

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

7 April 1977

Description:

In this addendum to his letter of April 6, Klug supplied further details on the three-dimensional configuration of atoms within aggregate crystals of DNA, particularly the conditions, including the presence of salt, under which one can observe nucleosomes, compounds of DNA and protein that appear like beads on a string, under the electron microscope.

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:

DNA and Nucleosomes

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick, 1977

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:

SCBBQN

NLM ID:

101584582X237

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X237

Story Section:

From Molecular Biology to Neurobiology, 1976-2004