Photo 51

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Photo 51 is the famous X-ray diffraction image of DNA that provided critical evidence for elucidating the molecule’s double-helix structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf X-ray diffraction image
historical scientific artifact
scientific photograph
associatedWith Francis Crick
James Watson
Maurice Wilkins
Rosalind Franklin
contributedTo discovery of DNA double helix
understanding of genetic material structure
dateTaken 1952
depicts B-form DNA
DNAForm B-DNA
era early 1950s
ethicalDebateAbout use without Rosalind Franklin's explicit permission
field biophysics
molecular biology
structural biology
hasSubject DNA
hasTitle Photo 51 self-link
heldAt King’s College London Libraries & Collections
surface form: King's College London Archives
indicated 10 base pairs per helical turn
DNA diameter about 2 nanometers
helical repeat about 3.4 nanometers
influenced The Double Helix (scientific contribution, not the book author)
surface form: Watson and Crick DNA model
languageOfTitle English
materialImaged hydrated DNA fibers
namedBy Maurice Wilkins
nameRefersTo number in series of X-ray photographs
producedUnderSupervisionOf Rosalind Franklin
providedEvidenceFor DNA double helix
base-pair spacing in DNA
helical repeat of DNA
helical structure of DNA
recognizedAs iconic image in science history
key evidence in DNA structure determination
relatedTo Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 for DNA structure
reproducedIn Watson and Crick 1953 DNA structure work
showsFeature equatorial reflections indicating DNA diameter
meridional reflections indicating helical pitch
showsPattern X-shaped diffraction pattern
layer lines characteristic of helix
takenAt King’s College London
surface form: King's College London
takenBy Raymond Gosling
takenInLaboratoryOf Maurice Wilkins
techniqueUsed X-ray crystallography
X-ray crystallography
surface form: X-ray diffraction
usedFor determining DNA double-helix structure

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Rosalind Franklin notableWork Photo 51
Photo 51 hasTitle Photo 51 self-link
Raymond Gosling knownFor Photo 51
Raymond Gosling notableWork Photo 51
this entity surface form: X-ray diffraction photograph of DNA known as Photo 51