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Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
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“Their work revealed a right-handed helix composed of two antiparallel strands twisted around each other, forming a helical backbone of sugar–phosphate groups with nitrogenous bases paired in the core.”
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“Koltsov’s and Schrödinger’s visions, based on reflections turned out to be strikingly accurate once Watson, Crick and Franklin uncovered the structure of DNA [115,116].”
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- Authors
- WATSON, J. D., & CRICK, F. H. C.
- Affiliations
- Medical Research Council (GB)
- ORCID
- WATSON, J. D.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1953-04-25
- Volume
- 171
- Issue
- 4356
- Pages
- 737-738
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2126466006
- Cited by
- 13,584
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 408 · 2025: 512 · 2024: 612 · 2023: 637 · 2022: 565 · 2021: 650 · 2020: 585 · 2019: 545 · 2018: 501 · 2017: 475 · 2016: 519 · 2015: 480 · 2014: 527 · 2013: 563 · 2012: 448
- FWCI
- 46.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Structural Biology › Enzyme Structure and Function
- Keywords
- DNA structure, DNA, DNA double helix, Watson-Crick model, X-ray crystallography, nucleic acids, base pairing
- MeSH terms
- Deoxyribose, Nucleic Acids, Molecular Structure
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