Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Robert K. Morton

Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Robert K. Morton

Contributor(s):
Morton, Robert K.
Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007
Waite Agricultural Research Institute
Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Arthur Kornberg Papers
Publication:
Produced: 29 October 1962
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
DNA
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Robert Morton, an Australian biochemist, had recently found that baker's yeast contained a cytochrome (a protein involved in electron transfer in cell metabolism) with a DNA component. That DNA proved to have different base ratios than the yeast's nuclear DNA. He had suggested that this DNA could be used in understanding nucleotide sequences, and Kornberg had been working with some samples Morton sent, looking at their ability to prime DNA synthesis with his polymerase. In this letter, Kornberg apologized for letting other projects delay his work on the Morton DNA.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584605X95 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
WHBBGP
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584605X95
Archival Collection:
The Arthur Kornberg Papers (Profiles in Science)