Notes for a Talk on Brooklyn Work
- Contributor(s):
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Publication:
- Produced: 30 September 1954
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- RNA Ribonucleases
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Lecture notes
- Abstract:
- Crick spent a postdoctoral year at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1953-54, during which he undertook crystallographic examinations of ribonuclease in order to determine the structure of the enzyme, which catalyzes (speeds up) the cleavage of linkages holding together ribonucleic acid (RNA) chains. Ribonuclease can be used in the laboratory to sever RNA in specific places, thereby gaining segments of desired length and base composition. Crick's collaborator in this research was Beatrice S. Magdoff.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 6 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584582X374 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- SCBBYM
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X374
- Archival Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers (Profiles in Science)