Letter from Francis Crick to Arthur Kornberg

Letter from Francis Crick to Arthur Kornberg

Contributor(s):
The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007
Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Publication:
Produced: 9 February 1962
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Genetic Code
RNA
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Crick here discussed continued efforts to decipher the genetic code, in particular the use of base-equivalents such as bromouracil (chemically very similar to the base uracil in RNA) to induce mutations, specifically the substitution of one base by another. The second laboratory method mentioned was the synthesis of strands of RNA of known, simple, repetitive sequence (Crick here referred to poly AU) as a means of finding out which triplets of bases code for which amino acids (a sequence of AUAUAUAUA etc. codes for the polypeptide isoleucine-tyrosine-isoleucine-tyrosine etc).
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X88 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBGY
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X88
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)