Letter from Francis Crick to Aaron Klug

Letter from Francis Crick to Aaron Klug

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Klug, Aaron
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 1 July 1977
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Nucleosomes
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Crick here made a final comment on a draft of a paper by Klug regarding the spatial arrangement of DNA and histones in nucleosomes, particularly whether the DNA helix was itself coiled in a nucleosome (forming a coiled coil, or superhelix). Crick warned that "the whole question of the conformation of superhelical DNA in solution is full of difficulties.". In the last paragraph Crick took issue with the an alternative model of DNA presented by R. A. Rodley and colleagues in which the two strands of DNA were straight rather than helical.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X230 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBQF
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X230
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)