Quiet debut for the double helix

Robert Olby ()
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Nature, 2003, vol. 421, issue 6921, 402-405

Abstract: Abstract Past discoveries usually become aggrandized in retrospect, especially at jubilee celebrations, and the double helix is no exception. The historical record reveals a muted response by the scientific community to the proposal of this structure in 1953. Indeed, it was only when the outlines appeared of a mechanism for DNA's involvement in protein synthesis that the biochemical community began to take a serious interest in the structure.

Date: 2003
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