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Page 128
... bases did not have fixed locations but randomly moved from one spot to another . Instead , Francis had the feeling that DNA replication involved specific attractive forces between the flat surfaces of the bases . Luckily , this was the ...
... bases did not have fixed locations but randomly moved from one spot to another . Instead , Francis had the feeling that DNA replication involved specific attractive forces between the flat surfaces of the bases . Luckily , this was the ...
Page 182
... bases . Their formulas were written out in J. N. Davidson's little book The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids , a copy of which I kept in Clare . So I could be sure that I had the correct structures when I drew tiny pictures of the bases on ...
... bases . Their formulas were written out in J. N. Davidson's little book The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids , a copy of which I kept in Clare . So I could be sure that I had the correct structures when I drew tiny pictures of the bases on ...
Page 183
... bases . Though for over a year Francis and I had dismissed the possibility that bases formed regular hydrogen bonds , it was now obvious to me that we had done so incorrectly . The observa- tion that one or more hydrogen atoms on each ...
... bases . Though for over a year Francis and I had dismissed the possibility that bases formed regular hydrogen bonds , it was now obvious to me that we had done so incorrectly . The observa- tion that one or more hydrogen atoms on each ...
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acid adenine answer argument arranged arrival asked atoms backbone base base pairs became began biological bonds Bragg building Cambridge Cavendish chemical chemistry coiled coils College completely conversation Crick crystallographic cytosine Delbrück double helix English equal evidence existed experiments face fact final Francis gave genes genetic give given groups guanine hand held helical hope hydrogen idea immediately important interest John King's knew later letter Linus London look lunch Maurice meeting mind molecules months Moreover morning Nature needed never obvious Pauling Pauling's Peter position possibility problem protein quickly realized reason remained Rosy saying scientific sense solve soon structure sugar sure talk tell theory thinking thought thymine tion told walked wanted week write X-ray