The Molecular Biology of Higher Organisms

The Molecular Biology of Higher Organisms

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 4 November 1972
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Molecular Biology
Eukaryotic Cells
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Lecture notes
Abstract:
This lecture was delivered on the first evening of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, held November 4-7, 1972. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a research program for the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), which was to open in Heidelberg in 1974. In his lecture Crick proposed that EMBL commit itself to the study of gene action in higher, eukaryotic organisms, despite its complications. In contrast to much-studied bacteria and bacterial viruses, eukaryotic organisms have clearly defined cell nuclei, and their genetic material, an assembly of DNA and protein, is arranged on chromosomes.
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Extent:
7 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X51 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBDZ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X51
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)