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Page 88
... evidence in our hands . As to the forces that held the chains together , the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which diva- lent cations like Mg ++ held together two or more phos- phate groups . Admittedly there was no evidence ...
... evidence in our hands . As to the forces that held the chains together , the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which diva- lent cations like Mg ++ held together two or more phos- phate groups . Admittedly there was no evidence ...
Page 165
... evidence permitted Linus , or anyone else , to postulate a helical structure for DNA . Most of my words to her were superfluous , for she knew that Pauling was wrong the moment I mentioned a helix . Interrupting her harangue , I ...
... evidence permitted Linus , or anyone else , to postulate a helical structure for DNA . Most of my words to her were superfluous , for she knew that Pauling was wrong the moment I mentioned a helix . Interrupting her harangue , I ...
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... evidence from King's before he considered the matter a closed book . This he hoped would be possible three weeks hence , when he would come to Brussels for a Solvay meeting on proteins in the second week of April . That Pauling was in ...
... evidence from King's before he considered the matter a closed book . This he hoped would be possible three weeks hence , when he would come to Brussels for a Solvay meeting on proteins in the second week of April . That Pauling was in ...
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