Threads of life

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Date
1961
Summary
Presents an analysis of nucleic acid.  Uses a large model of the tobacco mosaic virus to explain its structure.  Demonstrates how a virus can be reconstituted from nucleic acid and protein molecules.  Discusses the recent discovery of the alteration of nucleic acid to form mutations of the original virus.  Concludes with a theory which may account for the way in which genetic information is stored in nucleic acid and then translated into a specific protein structure. 
Contributors
KQED, San Francisco; Virus Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Wendell M. Stanley; Heinz L. Fraenkel-Conrat; Robley C. Williams; E.G. Valens; Herbert D. Seiter; Robert Peyton; Davidson Films; W.A. Palmer Films, Inc.; Joseph P. Dieves
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genre
Educational
Subject
Biology ; Virus diseases.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
1 Film (0:33:00); 16mm
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003189067; Other: GR00464710; MDPI Barcode: 40000003189067

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