Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Barry Commoner

Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Barry Commoner

Contributor(s):
Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
Commoner, Barry, 1917-2012
Henry Shaw School of Botany
Franklin, Rosalind
Publication:
Produced: 4 March 1955
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Tobacco Mosaic Virus
RNA
X-Ray Diffraction
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
During her 1954 visit to the United States, Franklin visited many virus researchers who would subsequently collaborate with her on projects involving virus structures. Barry Commoner sent her samples of a protein he called B8, to compare with the x-ray diffraction studies of TMV protein. They subsequently published several articles together. In this letter, Franklin reported on her first diffraction photos of B8, and suggested that a different preparation of the sample might give better pictures. She included a description of how she was able to concentrate the B8 solution in the absence of an ultra-centrifuge. The centrifuge was one of several items for which she repeatedly sought ARC funding.
Copyright:
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584586X62 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
KRBBDY
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X62
Archival Collection:
The Rosalind Franklin Papers (Profiles in Science)