Aaron Shatkin
Aaron Shatkin · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who discovered the mRNA 5' cap essential to gene expression
1934, USA — 2012, USA
United States
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Aaron Shatkin was an American molecular biologist who discovered the messenger-RNA '5-prime cap', the modified structure at the start of mRNA that is essential for gene expression, protein synthesis and mRNA stability. This finding is foundational to modern molecular biology and underpins later mRNA technologies. He was born to a Jewish family and was Jewish.
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Molecular biologist who discovered the mRNA 5' cap essential to gene expression
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