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PAPERS CONNECTED TO DISCOVERY OF STRUCTURE OF DNA
I downloaded a series of papers relating to the discovery of the structure of DNA from the website of the journal Nature. If you would like to download them directly follow the link here.
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April 25th 1953: The classic paper by Watson and Crick that first describes the double helical structure of DNA - all in two pages!
Watson, J.D. &Crick, F.H.C. (1953) "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" Nature 171, 737-738.
April 25th 1953: Published alongside Watson and Crick's structure paper is this report from Wilkins (who shared the Nobel Prize with Watson and Crick), Stokes and Wilson with evidence supporting that the double-helical structure exists in vivo.
Wilkins, M.H.F., Stokes, A.R. & Wilson, H.R. (1953) "Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids" Nature 171, 738-740.
April 25th 1953: Also published in the same issue as the structure is a report by Franklin (who many believe should have shared the Nobel Prize with Watson, Crick and Wilkins had it not been for her untimely death in 1958) and Gosling presenting further evidence for the helical structure of DNA, although would you guess this from the title?
Franklin, R. & Gosling, R.G. (1953) "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate" Nature 171, 740-741.
May 30th 1953: The follow up paper from Watson and Crick expanding on speculation on how the unique features of the DNA structure allow replication.
Watson, J.D. & Crick, F.H.C. (1953) "Genetical Implication of the structure of Deoxyribosenucleic Acid" Nature 171, 964-967.
July 25th 1953: A follow up by Franklin and Gosling detailing the A- and B-form structures of DNA.
Franklin, R. & Gosling, R.G. (1953) "Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate" Nature 172, 156-157.
February 1st, 1944: One of the papers that got it all started. The classic paper by Avery, McLeod and McCarty with evidence that DNA, not protein as biologists thought at the time, is the genetic material.
Avery, O.T., McCleod, C.M. & McCarty, M. (1944) "Studies on the chemical nature of the substance inducing transformation of Pneumococcal types" J. Exp. Med. 79, 137-159.