GRW - SS Cohen: Regarding analyses of DNA of bacteriophages and vaccinia; identification of 5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine. [Correspondence]

Date:
22 May 1951 - 10 April 1954
Reference:
PP/GRW/B/3
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Wyatt, Gerard R. (1925-)
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GRW - SS Cohen: Regarding analyses of DNA of bacteriophages and vaccinia; identification of 5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine. [Correspondence]. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Correspondence primarily between G. R. Wyatt and Dr. Seymour S. Cohen regarding the exchange and analysis of bacteriophage nucleic acid samples. This file includes letters discussing an unknown nucleic acid component described as Cx, later to be identified as 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. There are letters discussing several papers, later to be published in Nature and The Biochemical Journal concerning the identification of this pyrimidine base in certain viruses. A copy of a letter dated 25th May 1953, written to S. S. Cohen, includes G. R. Wyatt's thoughts on the support that his work gives to theory of base pairing in DNA as hypothesised by J. D. Watson.

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22 May 1951 - 10 April 1954

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1 file c.80 loose letters

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Within this collection: PP/GRW/A/5; PP/GRW/A/6; PP/GRW/A/7; PP/GRW/B/1; PP/GRW/B/4; PP/GRW/B/6

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

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