Papers of M H F Wilkins: note and sketches on the structure of DNA

  • Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004
Date:
1960
Reference:
K/PP178/2/88
Part of:
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916-2004)
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  • Online

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: note and sketches on the structure of DNA. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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Manuscript undated note, in Wilkins’ hand, on the structure of DNA and the role of nucleohistone, with sketches of x-ray diffraction images, lattices and of the DNA coil structure. Used as an illustration in Wilkins, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003), captioned ‘Notes made by Maurice in around 1960 during work on the structure of nucleohistone, the major component of chromatin. The sketch left centre represents neighbouring molecules of DNA with the wide and narrow grooves characteristic of the B form emphasized’.

Publication/Creation

1960

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1 page

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King's College London

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

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

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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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