The Complementary Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid

The Complementary Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid

This paper describes a possible structure for the paracrystalline form of the sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid. The structure consists of two DNA chains wound helically round a common axis, and held together by hydrogen bonds between specific pairs of bases. The assumptions made in deriving the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and physical sciences Mathematical and physical sciences, 1954-04, Vol.223 (1152), p.80-96
Hauptverfasser: Crick, Francis Harry Compton, Watson, James Dewey
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atoms
Creeks
DNA
Hydrogen bonds
Molecules
Nucleotides
Phosphates
Purines
Pyrimidines
Sugar phosphates
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Zusammenfassung:This paper describes a possible structure for the paracrystalline form of the sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid. The structure consists of two DNA chains wound helically round a common axis, and held together by hydrogen bonds between specific pairs of bases. The assumptions made in deriving the structure are described, and co-ordinates are given for the principal atoms. The structure of the crystalline form is discussed briefly.
ISSN:1364-5021
0080-4630
1471-2946
2053-9169
DOI:10.1098/rspa.1954.0101