The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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... polynucleotide ( a col- lection of nucleotides ) chain were present . This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other . If true , then before serious ...
... polynucleotide ( a col- lection of nucleotides ) chain were present . This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other . If true , then before serious ...
Page 86
... polynucleotide chain to fold up . So while Francis continued thinking about the meaning of the X - ray diagram , I began to assemble the various atomic mod- els into several chains , each several nucleotides in length . Though in nature ...
... polynucleotide chain to fold up . So while Francis continued thinking about the meaning of the X - ray diagram , I began to assemble the various atomic mod- els into several chains , each several nucleotides in length . Though in nature ...
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... polynucleotide chain were very irregular . Thus , unless some very special trick existed , randomly twisting two polynucleotide chains around one another should result in a mess . In some places the bigger bases must touch each other ...
... polynucleotide chain were very irregular . Thus , unless some very special trick existed , randomly twisting two polynucleotide chains around one another should result in a mess . In some places the bigger bases must touch each other ...
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