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: 2 November 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Chromatin
Crystallography, X-Ray
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Drafts (documents)
Abstract:
Crick here commented on results of Klug's X-ray crystallographic studies of chromatin, the assembly of DNA and proteins that form the genetic material on the chromosomes of higher organisms, and of nucleosomes. Nucleosomes are distinct complexes on the chromosomes of eukaryotic cells (cells with clearly-defined nuclei), and consist of eight histone molecules wrapped by a DNA segment of about 150 base pairs in length. Under the electron microscope nucleosomes, which are linked to each other by DNA sequences about fifty base pairs in length, appear as bead-like bodies on a string.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X245 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBQY
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X245
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)