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The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Title:
[Notes on deciphering the amino acid codes] pdf (125,308 Bytes)
Description:
In these handwritten notes from a laboratory notebook, Marshall Nirenberg sketches some of the possible combinations of nucleotides in RNA codes and their corresponding amino acids, revealing the process of elimination and sequencing difficulties associated with early coding efforts.
Item is handwritten.
Number of Image Pages:
3 (125,308 Bytes)
Date Supplied:
ca. 1964
Creator:
Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Marshall W. Nirenberg.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Codon
Exhibit Category:
Translating the Code of Life and the Nobel Prize, 1962-1968
Box Number: 28
Folder Number: 7
Unique Identifier:
JJBBJW
Accession Number:
2001-009
Document Type:
Laboratory notes
Language:
English
Format:
application/pdf
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Series IV: Laboratory Research, 1946-2001
SubSeries: Lab Notes and Notebooks, 1946-2001
SubSubSeries: Genetic Code Experiments, 1946-1968
Folder: [Notes on the code], [ca. 1963-ca. 1964]
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2007-03-01

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