Papers of M H F Wilkins: glass plates of A form lithium DNA X-ray diffraction photographs

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
Date:
1963-1965
Reference:
K/PP178/2/99
Part of:
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
  • Archives and manuscripts
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Papers of M H F Wilkins: glass plates of A form lithium DNA X-ray diffraction photographs. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Description

Two large glass plates of DNA X-ray diffraction images, marked on original box as A form lithium DNA. Also: letter to Wilkins from ‘Bob’ (possibly Robert Langridge), Children’s Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, USA, 1963, concerning a manuscript and diffraction images (not present), and the difficulty of obtaining specimen material; copy letter from Wilkins to Alex Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, commenting on Rich’s draft article on wound tumour virus RNA; manuscript calculations relating to A and B form DNA, Feb-Apr 1965.

Publication/Creation

1963-1965

Physical description

1 box

Copyright note

King's College London

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

Available at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Location of original

The original material is held at King’s College London, Archives and Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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