Title:

Letter from Charles Yanofsky to Francis Crick

Creator:

Yanofsky, Charles S.

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

10 May 1965

Description:

In this letter Yanofsky reported results of experiments with DNA that, after undergoing either a spontaneous mutation in its order of nucleotides or a mutation induced by ultraviolet light, no longer coded for the amino acid that it originally specified in the polypeptide, but rather for a different 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:

Reproduced with permission of Charles Yanofsky.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Genetic Code

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:

SCBBDD

NLM ID:

101584582X34

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X34

Story Section:

Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966