But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA ... the deciphering of the human genetic blueprint. Watson and Crick's discovery ...

despite an awareness that the scope and complexity of the task defy a fully systematic approach. Speakers agreed that examining the three-dimensional (3-D) structure of gene products is a promising ...

The next step was to find out its structure, in order to understand how the gene, the basic unit of heredity, works and how it is passed from one generation to the next. Crick and Watson were ...

What have we learned about RNA structure and function so far ... Prokaryotic organisms contain one type of rRNA gene that encodes three distinct RNA species: the 23S, 5S, and 16S rRNAs.

Beyond the ladder-like structure described above, another key characteristic of double-stranded DNA is its unique three-dimensional shape. The first photographic evidence of this shape was ...