The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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... hydrogen atoms , the chains would immediately fly apart and the structure vanish . Everything I knew about nucleic - acid chemistry indicated that phosphate groups never contained bound hydrogen atoms . No one had ever questioned that ...
... hydrogen atoms , the chains would immediately fly apart and the structure vanish . Everything I knew about nucleic - acid chemistry indicated that phosphate groups never contained bound hydrogen atoms . No one had ever questioned that ...
Page 183
... hydrogen bonds to other bases . Even more important , these hydrogen bonds were present at very low DNA concentrations , strongly hinting that the bonds linked together bases in the same molecule . There was in addition the X - ray ...
... hydrogen bonds to other bases . Even more important , these hydrogen bonds were present at very low DNA concentrations , strongly hinting that the bonds linked together bases in the same molecule . There was in addition the X - ray ...
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... hydrogen - bonding possibilities , had not been finished on time . At least two more days were needed before they ... hydrogen bonds was identical in shape to a guanine - cytosine pair held together by at least two hydrogen bonds . All ...
... hydrogen - bonding possibilities , had not been finished on time . At least two more days were needed before they ... hydrogen bonds was identical in shape to a guanine - cytosine pair held together by at least two hydrogen bonds . All ...
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