Nucleic acid template hypotheses

Abstract

IN a recent review and discussion of protein synthesis, Campbell and Work1 have discussed a hypothesis for peptide chain synthesis published by me2; but in spite of rather favourable comments on this particular hypothesis, these authors have attempted to raise certain objections against the general concept that nucleic acids might be templates for protein synthesis. However, there seems to be a certain tendency to confuse nucleic acid template hypotheses with nuclear template hypotheses, where the word 'nuclear' refers to the nucleus of the cell. © 1953 Nature Publishing Group.