Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Robert L. Sinsheimer

Contributor(s):
Sinsheimer, Robert
Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007
California Institute of Technology
Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Arthur Kornberg Papers
Publication:
Produced: 29 July 1965
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Working to synthesize a viable DNA, Kornberg turned to the small bacterial viruses M13 and Phi X174. Biophysicist Robert Sinsheimer at the California Institute of Technology had found that the single-stranded, circular Phi X174 virus DNA was converted to a double helix after entering its E. coli host, and by itself was infective. In a previous letter, Kornberg had asked for a sample of Sinsheimer's virus to start investigating its possible use as a replication template. This letter reported on his initial results with the virus. It was from this virus that Kornberg was able to create an infective synthetic viral DNA in 1967.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584605X105 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
WHBBHB
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584605X105
Archival Collection:
The Arthur Kornberg Papers (Profiles in Science)