Letter from Arthur Kornberg to Robert L. Sinsheimer
- Contributor(s):
- Sinsheimer, Robert Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007 California Institute of Technology Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Arthur Kornberg Papers
- Publication:
- Produced: 9 July 1965
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- DNA
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- Working to synthesize a viable DNA, Kornberg turned to the small bacterial viruses M13 and Phi X174. Biophysicist Robert Sinsheimer at the California Institute of Technology had found that the single-stranded, circular Phi X174 virus DNA was converted to a double helix after entering its E. coli host, and the double stranded form was by itself infective. In this letter, Kornberg asked for a sample of Sinsheimer's virus to start investigating its possible use as a replication template. It was from this virus that Kornberg was able to create an infective synthetic viral DNA in 1967.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584605X104 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- WHBBGZ
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584605X104
- Archival Collection:
- The Arthur Kornberg Papers (Profiles in Science)