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Papers of M H F Wilkins: correspondence with and about Robert Langridge, relating to their joint DNA research

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Correspondence between Wilkins and Robert (‘Bob’) Langridge (PhD student under Wilkins, 1954-1957, subsequently Professor of Biophysics in Chicago, Princeton and University of California, San Francisco), relating to the progress of DNA research and their collaboration on co-authored journal articles, notably ‘X-ray diffraction studies of double helical ribonucleic acid’, in Nature, Issue 211, Jul 1966, and a series of jointly-authored papers under the title ‘Molecular and crystal structures of double-helical RNA’, in Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol 27, Issue 3, Aug 1967.
Also Wilkins’ references for Langridge, and offprint articles, ‘Microsome distribution during germination of bacterial spores’, by Carl Woese, Langridge and Harold Morowitz, Journal of Bacteriology, Vol 79 No 6, Jun 1960, and ‘The sedimentation constant and molecular weight of Cypridina Luciferase’, by Aurin Chase and Langridge, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol 88 No 2, Jun 1960.

Papers of M H F Wilkins: correspondence with and about Robert Langridge, relating to their joint DNA research

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