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Francis Crick/Related Articles
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- See also changes and topics related to Francis Crick, or pages that link to Francis Crick or to this page or whose text contains "Francis Crick".
Parent topics
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. [e]
- Structural biology [r]: A branch of biology concerned with identifying the three dimensional shape and interactions of biological macromolecules. [e]
- DNA [r]: A macromolecule — chemically, a nucleic acid — that stores genetic information. [e]
- Molecular structure of Nucleic Acids [r]: Article published by James D. Watson and Francis Crick in the scientific journal Nature in 1953, which first described the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. [e]
- Biography [r]: The history of a person's life. [e]
Subtopics
- Nobel Prize [r]: A prestigious annual prize awarded according to the will of Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel in the categories Peace, Literature, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics. [e]
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [r]: Award conferred once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute, for physiology or medicine, since 1901. [e]
- James D. Watson [r]: History of Nobel Laureate James D. Watson with brief discussion of his work [e]
- Maurice Wilkins [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rosalind Franklin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. [e]
- Central dogma of molecular genetics [r]: Assumption of molecular biology, namely, that each gene in the DNA molecule carries the information needed to construct one protein, which, acting as an enzyme, controls one chemical reaction in the cell. [e]
- Cavendish Laboratory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- RNA [r]: A polymer, made using the nucleotides of adenosine, guanosine, uridine and cytidine, that is used for a variety of biological functions in living systems. [e]
- X-ray diffraction [r]: A non-destructive analytical technique which reveal information about the crystallographic structure, chemical composition, and physical properties of materials and thin films, using x-rays. [e]
