[Correspondence]

Date:
1956
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PP/CRI/H/1/41/4
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Description

Detailed correspondence (five letters in total, March-August, 1956) between Crick and Jerry Donohue, and a letter (27 November, 1956, Courtaulds Research Laboratory, Maidenhead) from Arthur [ ] to Crick, which closes with the comment: "I don't think there is anything in polyglycine II of appreciable intensity at 2.40 A; Malcolm measured the limits of the ring yesterday and got 2.40A - 2.52A. I am sending an X-ray photograph (3381) so that you can see whether you agree." The file includes the X-ray photograph originally enclosed.

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1956

Physical description

1 file Includes X-ray photograph (61/2" x 41/2") of polyglycine II.

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A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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