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Letter from Linus Pauling to Max Perutz. March 29, 1953.
Pauling writes to clarify a misunderstanding as to the provenance of the idea of coiled-coils in protein structures. Pauling provides a detailed summary of his development of the idea which, in his opinion, proves that he did not appropriate a similar idea of Francis Crick's.

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Creator: Linus Pauling
Recipient: Max Perutz
Associated: Francis Crick, University of Cambridge, John Kendrew, Julian Huxley, Nature

Date: March 29, 1953
Genre: correspondence
ID: sci9.001.36-lp-perutz-19530329
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