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 80
... ions was Linus Pauling himself . Thus if the crux of the problem was to deduce an unusually clever arrange- ment of inorganic ions and phosphate groups , we were clearly at a disadvantage . By midday it became imper- ative to locate ...
... ions was Linus Pauling himself . Thus if the crux of the problem was to deduce an unusually clever arrange- ment of inorganic ions and phosphate groups , we were clearly at a disadvantage . By midday it became imper- ative to locate ...
Page 121
... ions were decisively important for nucleic - acid structure . Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macro- molecules or the attraction between similar chromo- somes . There ...
... ions were decisively important for nucleic - acid structure . Especially intriguing was his hunch that specific ions might be the trick for the exact copying of macro- molecules or the attraction between similar chromo- somes . There ...
Page 160
... ion- ized , but that each group contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling's nucleic ... ions held the chains together would have made no sense if there were hydrogen atoms firmly bound to the phosphates ...
... ion- ized , but that each group contained a bound hydrogen atom and so had no net charge . Pauling's nucleic ... ions held the chains together would have made no sense if there were hydrogen atoms firmly bound to the phosphates ...
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