Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick

Letter from Aaron Klug to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Klug, Aaron
Publication:
Produced: 12 October 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Crystallography, X-Ray
Chromatin
Nucleosomes
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Klug here reports further results of X-ray diffraction studies of crystals of chromatin in his laboratory. Chromatin is a filamentary (stringy) assembly of DNA and associated basic proteins called histones. It is the form in which genes are organized on the chromosomes.. Nucleosomes, also mentioned in the letter, are distinct complexes of histone and DNA in eukaryotic cells (cells with clearly-defined nuclei), and form specific sections of chromatin. Under the electron microscope nucleosomes appear as bead-like bodies on a string of DNA.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X222 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBPV
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X222
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)