The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA |
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Page 88
... position . But , with luck , the addition of magnesium or possibly cal- cium ions to the sugar - phosphate backbone would quickly generate an elegant structure , the correctness of which would not be debatable . Our first minutes with ...
... position . But , with luck , the addition of magnesium or possibly cal- cium ions to the sugar - phosphate backbone would quickly generate an elegant structure , the correctness of which would not be debatable . Our first minutes with ...
Page 170
... position would be far safer if Pauling had been merely wrong instead of looking like a fool . Soon , if not already , he would be at it day and night . There was the further danger that if he put one of his assistants to taking DNA ...
... position would be far safer if Pauling had been merely wrong instead of looking like a fool . Soon , if not already , he would be at it day and night . There was the further danger that if he put one of his assistants to taking DNA ...
Page 191
... contrasting tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine which might occur in DNA . The hydrogen atoms that can undergo the changes in position ( a tautomeric shift ) are shaded . Jerry , however , did not give a foolproof reason. ENOL ...
... contrasting tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine which might occur in DNA . The hydrogen atoms that can undergo the changes in position ( a tautomeric shift ) are shaded . Jerry , however , did not give a foolproof reason. ENOL ...
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