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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Page 52
... groups on the same chain . Maurice had told Francis , however , that the diameter of the DNA molecule was thicker than would be the case if only one polynucleotide ( a col- lection of nucleotides ) chain were present . This made him ...
... groups on the same chain . Maurice had told Francis , however , that the diameter of the DNA molecule was thicker than would be the case if only one polynucleotide ( a col- lection of nucleotides ) chain were present . This made him ...
Page 80
... groups of the DNA backbone . Francis , as well as I , knew almost nothing about how inorganic ions were arranged in three di- mensions . We had to face the bleak situation that the world authority on the structural chemistry of ions was ...
... groups of the DNA backbone . Francis , as well as I , knew almost nothing about how inorganic ions were arranged in three di- mensions . We had to face the bleak situation that the world authority on the structural chemistry of ions was ...
Page 160
... groups in Linus ' model were not ion- ized , but that each group contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling's nucleic acid in a sense was not an acid at all . Moreover , the un- charged phosphate groups were not ...
... groups in Linus ' model were not ion- ized , but that each group contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling's nucleic acid in a sense was not an acid at all . Moreover , the un- charged phosphate groups were not ...
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