Letter from Sydney Brenner to Francis Crick

Letter from Sydney Brenner to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Brenner, Sydney
Publication:
Produced: 24 March 1959
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Genetic Code
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Brenner here reported results from his research with mutations of the phages (bacterial viruses) T2 and T4, research designed to match a mutation in the fine structure of a phage gene to changes in a protein whose synthesis the virus triggered when it infected a bacterial cell. Brenner sought to give experimental support to Crick's sequence hypothesis: that the sequence of the bases in DNA specified the order of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain of proteins.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X202 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBNV
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X202
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)