Letter from Charles Yanofsky to Francis Crick
- 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