Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky · Science & Medicine
Geneticist who demonstrated the colinearity of a gene and the protein it encodes.
1925, New York City, United States — 2018, Stanford, California, United States
United States
Charles Yanofsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geneticist who demonstrated the colinearity of a gene and the protein it encodes.
A geneticist at Stanford, Yanofsky used the tryptophan biosynthesis pathway in the bacterium E. coli to prove experimentally that the linear order of a gene corresponds directly to the linear order of amino acids in its protein — the principle of colinearity. Born in New York to a Jewish family, he received the National Medal of Science for his work.
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Geneticist who demonstrated the colinearity of a gene and the protein it encodes.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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