The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNASince its publication in 1968, The Double Helix has given countless readers a rare and exciting look at one highly significant piece of scientific research-Watson and Crick's race to discover the molecular structure of DNA. |
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... nucleotide Covalent bonds of the sugar - phosphate backbone Mg ++ ions binding phosphate groups Schematic view of DNA , like - with - like base pairs Base pairs for the like - with - like structure Tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine ...
... nucleotide Covalent bonds of the sugar - phosphate backbone Mg ++ ions binding phosphate groups Schematic view of DNA , like - with - like base pairs Base pairs for the like - with - like structure Tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine ...
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... base pairs identical in shape . Quickly I called Jerry over to ask him whether this time he had any objection to my new base pairs . When he said no , my morale skyrocketed , for I suspected that we now had the answer to the riddle of ...
... base pairs identical in shape . Quickly I called Jerry over to ask him whether this time he had any objection to my new base pairs . When he said no , my morale skyrocketed , for I suspected that we now had the answer to the riddle of ...
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... pairs had their expected impact . His quickly pushing the bases together in a number of different ways did not ... base and sugar ) of each base pair were systematically related by a diad axis perpendicular to the helical axis . Thus ...
... pairs had their expected impact . His quickly pushing the bases together in a number of different ways did not ... base and sugar ) of each base pair were systematically related by a diad axis perpendicular to the helical axis . Thus ...
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