Title:

Properties of Ribosomes

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

[1962]

Description:

These notes were prepared for a lecture at Harvard University, part of a series of twelve lectures on the transmission of genetic information which Crick delivered in March, 1962. In his lecture, Crick presented recent findings about ribosomes, structures of RNA, and protein in the cytoplasm of the cell which facilitate the synthesis of proteins.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 32. Folder: PP/CRI/E/1/10/4/6/2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/

Genre:

Lecture notes

Subject:

RNA and Ribosomes

Format:

Text

Extent:

4 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:

SCBBGC

NLM ID:

101584582X72

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X72

Story Section:

Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966