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Nature 421, 402-405 (23 January 2003) | doi:10.1038/nature01397
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feature Quiet debut for the double helix
Robert Olby
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.
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