Acid Quote by Rosalind Franklin

We wish to discuss a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid. D.N.A. This structure has novel features which are of considerable biologic…

— Rosalind Franklin

In this atmosphere I soon became interested in nucleic acids.

— Frederick Sanger

“My laboratory is interested in the related challenges of understanding the origin of life on the early earth, and constructing synthetic cellular life in…

— Jack W. Szostak

The nucleic acids, as constituents of living organisms, are comparable In importance to proteins. There is evidence that they are Involved In the processes…

— Linus Pauling

“The helix contains two intertwined strands of DNA. It is "right-handed"-twisting upward as if driven by a right-handed screw. Across the molecule, it measures…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“This chapter reveals and elaborates upon the exquisite beauty of protein structure.”

— Reginald H. Garrett

The more the relationships of the nitrogen-rich substances to the cell nucleus were recognized, the more the question of the arrangement of the nitrogen…

— Albrecht Kossel

Nucleic acids are the main information-carrying molecules of the cell, and, by directing the process of protein synthesis, they determine the inherited characteristics of…

— Richard J. Roberts

The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters.

— Severo Ochoa

“In the discussion, Gulland was asked about the possibility that a DNA molecule might be a helix, held together by the presence of evenly…

— Matthew Cobb

The results serve to disprove the tetranucleotide hypothesis. It is, however, noteworthy-whether this is more than accidental, cannot yet be said-that in all desoxypentose…

— Erwin Chargaff

I think that the formation of [DNA's] structure by Watson and Crick may turn out to be the greatest developments in the field of…

— Linus Pauling