Letter from H. Gobind Khorana to Francis Crick

Letter from H. Gobind Khorana to Francis Crick

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Khorana, Har Gobind, 1922-2011
Publication:
Produced: 8 November 1968
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Molecular Biology
RNA
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter, Khorana mentioned ongoing work in his laboratory, which was concerned with the synthesis in vitro of a gene for transfer RNA in yeast from its component nucleotides, the first such synthesis of an artificial gene. Khorana was about to receive the Nobel prize for this work, and in the final paragraph acknowledged a letter of congratulation from Crick, Sydney Brenner, and Frederick Sanger.. The two lectures to which Khorana referred in his letter were, respectively, Crick's Rickman Godlee Lecture, entitled "The Social Impact of Biology" and delivered at University College London on October 24, 1968, and Crick's address on "Molecular Biology and Medical Research," delivered at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City on October 20, 1968.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X80 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBGP
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X80
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)