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: 30 March 1977
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Genetic Code
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In his letter Crick responded to Klug's reports on recent conferences devoted to DNA sequencing and structure, and concluded that the time had come to determine which fraction of the DNA base sequence coded for proteins. When Crick embarked on the project to decipher the genetic code during the 1950s, he had made the unspoken assumption that if not all, then most of the DNA sequence coded for protein. By the mid-1970s, researchers had found that the human genome was much more complex, that long stretches of it do not code for protein, but rather have regulatory functions--or have no apparent function at all.. Crick also mentioned that he was resigning from the Medical Research Council, effective March 31, 1977, to join the faculty of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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Extent:
3 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X239 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBQQ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X239
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)