Title:

Letter from H. Gobind Khorana to Francis Crick

Creator:

Khorana, Har Gobind, 1922-2011

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

15 April 1965

Description:

In this letter Khorana reported results for elucidating the genetic code he obtained by using intricate biochemical methods to make long strands of RNA with predetermined, simple, repeating sequences such as UCUCUCU . . . , which he found coded for a polypeptide consisting of serine-leucine-serine-leucine, etc.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 9. Folder: PP/CRI/D/1/1/11

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of H. Gobind Khorana.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Genetic Code and RNA

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Relation:

Letter from Francis Crick to H. Gobind Khorana, 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:

SCBBGV

NLM ID:

101584582X85

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X85

Story Section:

Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966