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: 27 January 1977
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Chromosomes
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In his letter Klug raised some methodological concerns about experiments conducted by two researchers, Arne Leth Bak and Jesper Zeuthen, in support of an article on chromosome structure for which Crick was a co-author. Moreover, Klug regretted that "[s]ince you left, one doesn't have the fresh flow of news which may stop one from getting into a rut in one's thinking," affirming Crick's longstanding role as a clearinghouse of information and criticism at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Finally, Klug revealed that in attempting to detail the structure of chromosomal DNA, he was "more bewildered than ever" by the latest electron micrographs (photographs made through an electron microscope) of DNA crystals.
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Extent:
3 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X241 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBQS
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X241
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)