[Illustration of double helix]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2010]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- DNA Models, Molecular Periodicals as Topic Watson, James D., 1928- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004.
- Genre(s):
- Book Illustrations
- Abstract:
- The first published illustration of the double helix. James D. Watson and Francis H. C. Crick, "Molecular structure of Nucleic Acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid," Nature 171, 25 [April 1953]: pp. 737-38. The caption reads: "The figure is purely diagrammatic. The two ribbons symbolize the two phosphate-sugar chains, and the horizontal rods the pairs of bases holding the chains together. The vertical line marks the fibre axis."
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Related Title(s):
- Hidden treasure and Is part of: Nature; See related catalog record: 0410462
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101598089 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A033137
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101598089