Hello All, This debacle is actually quite reminiscent of a similar incident that Wayne Hendrickson caught in the 1970's concerning purported "tRNA crystals." Turned out to be completely fabricated, and the guy's career went down the drain, I think. A good example to tell your trainees.
Jacob Keller The ref's: 1. True identity of a diffraction pattern attributed to valyl tRNA WAYNE A. HENDRICKSON, BROR E. STRANDBERG, ANDERS LILJAS, L. MARIO AMZEL, EATON E. LATTMAN CONTEXT: SIR - We have examined in detail several publications by H.H. Paradies. One is a report in Nature on 11 April 1970 about single crystals of a valine-specific tRNA from yeast1. We find that the diffraction pattern attributed to valyl tRNA... Nature 303, 195 - 195 (19 May 1983) Correspondence 2. A reply from Paradies H.H. PARADIES Nature 303, 196 - 196 (19 May 1983) Correspondence
