<p>This digitised material is free to access, but contains information or visuals that may:</p><ul><li>include personal details of living individuals</li><li>be upsetting or distressing</li><li>be explicit or graphic</li><li>include objects and images of objects decontextualised in a way that is offensive to the originating culture.</li></ul>By viewing this material, we ask that you use the content lawfully, ethically and responsibly under the conditions set out in our <a href="https://wellcomecollection.cdn.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d4817da5-c71a-4151-81c4-83e39ad4f5b3_Wellcome+Collection_Access+Policy_Aug+2020.pdf">Access Policy</a>.

You must accept the terms to view the content.

Papers of M H F Wilkins: research notes by Don Marvin on observations and calculations of crystalline DNA

item

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Research notes compiled by Donald Arthur (‘Don’) Marvin (American PhD student, Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Unit, King’s College London, 1956-1961), relating to crystalline form DNA and ‘C’ form DNA, including: manuscript drafts of an article, ‘A new crystalline form of DNA’, by Marvin and P J Cooper (apparently unpublished, though similar to Marvin, Michael Spencer, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins and Leonard D Hamilton, ‘The molecular configuration of deoxyribonucleic acid. III. X-ray diffraction study of the C form of the lithium salt’, <i>Journal of Molecular Biology</i>, vol 3, 1961). Also computer aided datasets for lattice parameters (created using the Unit’s IBM 650 computer) and manuscript notes, relating to the crystal structure of ‘B’ form DNA and a comparative study between the projected orthorhombic lattice DNA crystal and a monoclinic lattice DNA crystal. Original file title ‘B 1 write up’.

Content advisory

Papers of M H F Wilkins: research notes by Don Marvin on observations and calculations of crystalline DNA

Licence and re-use