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: 10 May 1960
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Genetic Code
RNA
Ribosomes
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In addition to discussing the use of artificial strands of RNA (such as GCGC) as a means for uncovering the genetic code, Crick here conveyed his recent insight that ribosomal RNA was not the messenger RNA (which Crick here called genetic RNA), but that mRNA was a separate form of RNA which had eluded detection because it turned over (formed, decomposed, and formed again) rapidly as it carried parts of the genetic message from the DNA in the nucleus of the cell to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584582X89 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
SCBBGZ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X89
Archival Collection:
The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)