Letter from Marshall W. Nirenberg to Francis Crick
- Title:
- Letter from Marshall W. Nirenberg to Francis Crick
- Creator:
- Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Recipient:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Date:
- 1 June 1965
- Description:
- In this letter Nirenberg reported on the ongoing effort of his laboratory to identify the codons (nucleotide triplets) that specify each of the twenty common amino acids during protein synthesis. (A nucleotide is made of a base and the sugar and phosphate groups of the DNA or RNA backbone to which it binds.) The elucidation of the genetic code was completed the following year, including the identification of three nonsense triplets (mentioned in the letter) that did not code for any amino acid.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 36. Folder: PP/CRI/E/1/13/10
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Genetic Code
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Relation:
- Letter from Francis Crick to Marshall W. Nirenberg, 1965
- 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:
- SCBBDC
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X33
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X33
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966