Letter from Francis Crick to Alexander Rich

Letter from Francis Crick to Alexander Rich

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Rich, Alexander
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 4 September 1974
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
RNA, Transfer
Ethics, Professional
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In his letter Crick tried to establish the sequence of events and of discoveries in the competitive race between Rich and Aaron Klug for the determination of the structure of transfer RNA. Crick charged that Rich had used details of Aaron Klug's model of phenylalanine transfer RNA of yeast without proper acknowledgement.. Crick had a reputation for scrupulously acknowledging credit that belonged to other researchers, refusing, for example, to add his name to articles by researchers in his laboratory if his contribution had not been a substantial one. In the competitive quest for the structure of tRNA between two of his long-time collaborators, he similarly saw himself as arbiter and as guardian of the professional ethics of scientists.
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X216 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBPN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X216
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)