Sven Furberg
Sven Verner Furberg (16 April 1920 – 15 March 1983) was a Norwegian chemist, biologist, and crystallographer who first proposed a helical structure for DNA. Furberg suggested a single-chain helical structure in 1949, which he referred to as a "zig-zag" chain.[2][3] In 1952, his structure of DNA was published in the journal Acta Chemica Scandinavica.[4] In this paper, he deduced that DNA forms a helix from the crystal structure and density value of nucleosides and other related molecules.[4] A year later (in 1953), this paper was cited by James Watson and Francis Crick in Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid.[5]
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| Born | Sven Verner Furberg 16 April 1920 Sande, Vestfold, Norway |
| Died | 15 March 1983 (aged 62) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
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| Known for | [2] The Structure of cytidine |
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| Thesis | An X-ray Study of Some Nucleosides and Nucleotides. (1949) |
References
- "Sven Furberg First Proposes a Helical Structure for DNA : History of Information".
- Furberg, Sven Verner. An X-ray study of some nucleosides and nucleotides. Diss. University of London, 1949.
- Olby, R. C. (1994) The path to the double helix : the discovery of DNA. Enlarged edition. New York : London, Dover Publications ; Constable and Company.
- Furberg, Sven. "On the structure of nucleic acids." Acta chem. scand 6 (1952): 634-640.
- Watson, J. D. & Crick, F. H. C. (1953) Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. Nature. 171 (4356), 737.
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