Letter from Francis Crick to Aaron Klug [letter 2]
- Contributor(s):
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers Klug, Aaron Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Publication:
- Produced: 27 April 1977
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- DNA Nucleosomes
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- In his letter to Klug--the second in a day, demonstrating how involved Crick remained in DNA research even after his relocation to the Salk Institute and his switch to neurobiology--Crick further speculated on the structure of DNA and its associated proteins, the histones, as it appears on the chromosomes of higher organisms. In particular he examined the idea that the nucleosomes, assemblies of DNA and histones with a regular, repeating bead-like shape, formed solenoids, or coiled, tubular structures. Crick here discussed what dimensions and symmetrical properties such solenoids would have to possess to fit the X-ray and electron microscope evidence reported by Klug and others.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584582X235 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- SCBBQL
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X235
- Archival Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)