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The Natural Repertory of Prof. William Nelson

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Many people around 1950 were struggling to find ways <strong>of</strong><br />

understanding this. But it was Crick and Watson at Cambridge who best<br />

improved on Pauling’s research, using the Chargaff rules and developing<br />

a consensus idea <strong>of</strong> the structure <strong>of</strong> DNA. <strong>The</strong>y proposed a double helix.<br />

This opened the door for dramatic understanding.<br />

<strong>The</strong> mechanics <strong>of</strong> this process could be easily understood by the<br />

mechanically-minded scientists <strong>of</strong> the time. Yet, this type <strong>of</strong> mechanical<br />

process did not appear in any other chemical process. Chemical<br />

processes were known to be statistical, or involving random development<br />

<strong>of</strong> compounds which were pushed and pulled apart through entropic or<br />

thermodynamic processes. This strand <strong>of</strong> DNA does not do this; it is not<br />

a randomized process. It pulls apart and pushes together in a very<br />

precise maze. <strong>The</strong> actual mechanisms <strong>of</strong> this push and pull were not<br />

studied by these scientists; they liked the idea <strong>of</strong> the chemistry involved.<br />

But now, we can ask the question: Through what processes is DNA<br />

pushed/pulled apart? <strong>The</strong> answer leads to quantum dynamics. Our<br />

quantic analysis matrix can be superimposed on the DNA action.<br />

Research blossomed into the concept <strong>of</strong> the mechanics <strong>of</strong> DNA. As<br />

Isaacs has told us, the E. coli is an example <strong>of</strong> a type <strong>of</strong> near vion from<br />

cells, meaning the base amount <strong>of</strong> matter needed to actually make up a<br />

living unit which could metabolize and reproduce on its own. Inside the<br />

E. coli is a double–stranded DNA chromosome which contains 4 x 10 6<br />

base pairs. It will reproduce at maximum rate <strong>of</strong> 750 base pairs per<br />

second. This is at a given unwound replicating fork region. So it will take<br />

about forty minutes to reproduce a complete chromosome. If the<br />

conditions are right, E. coli will divide into two daughter cells every<br />

twenty minutes. This is the nature <strong>of</strong> vionic activity.<br />

In 1953, Paul Zamecnik, working at Harvard University, tried to put<br />

radioactive isotopes <strong>of</strong> different amino acids into a bacteria colony. This<br />

was an attempt to trace the radioactive polypeptides through the<br />

different ribosomes. <strong>The</strong> experiment was a failure because by putting in<br />

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