Franklin's X-ray

Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling obtained this X-ray diffraction pattern, which triggered the idea that DNA was a helix.

x ray diffraction,diffraction pattern,ray franklin,rosalind franklin,helix,dna

  • ID: 15874
  • Source: DNALC.DNAi

Related Content

15014. Franklin's X-ray diffraction, explanation of X-ray pattern.

How an X-ray diffraction pattern is created and how the DNA X-ray diffraction pattern can be interpreted to give the dimensions.

  • ID: 15014
  • Source: DNAi

15875. Wilkins' X-ray

Maurice Wilkins obtained some of the first X-ray diffraction patterns of DNA from which dimensions could be calculated.

  • ID: 15875
  • Source: DNAi

15692. Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin in the 1950s.

  • ID: 15692
  • Source: DNAi

15262. Rosalind Franklin's reasoning on the DNA structure, Raymond Gosling

Raymond Gosling - Rosalind Franklin's graduate student - talks about Franklin's view on model building.

  • ID: 15262
  • Source: DNAi

16439. Biography 19: Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958)

James Watson and Francis Crick solved the structure of DNA. Other scientists, like Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, also contributed to this discovery.

  • ID: 16439
  • Source: DNAFTB

16422. Animation 19: The DNA molecule is shaped like a twisted ladder.

James Watson and Francis Crick explain how they solved the structure of DNA. Erwin Chargaff explain how he measured the levels of each of the four nitrogenous bases.

  • ID: 16422
  • Source: DNALC.DNAFTB

15455. Winning the race for the double helix, James Watson

James Watson talks about his partnership with Francis Crick.

  • ID: 15455
  • Source: DNAi

15676. DNA helix

Image depicting DNA helix model and table.

  • ID: 15676
  • Source: DNAi

15337. Use of X-ray crstallography to prove that DNA is crystalline, Maurice Wilkins

Maurice Wilkins talks about obtaining an X-ray diffraction pattern.

  • ID: 15337
  • Source: DNAi

15493. The double helical structure of DNA, 3D animation with no audio

Animation of 2D DNA model becoming three dimensional.

  • ID: 15493
  • Source: DNAi