X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of DNA | Biochemistry

In this article we will discuss about the X-ray crystallographic studies of DNA. In 1920, the basic chemical composition of nucleic acid was elucidated through the efforts of P.A. Levene. In 1940, for the first time W.T. Astbury gave first three dimensional structure of DNA model studied through X-ray crystallography. He concluded that its flat nucleotides get stacked to form [...]