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François Gros

Who

François Gros · Science & Medicine

What

Molecular biologist who co-discovered messenger RNA.

When

1925, Paris, France — 2022, Paris, France

Where

France · United States

Biography

François Gros is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who co-discovered messenger RNA.

How & why

François Gros was a French molecular biologist at the Institut Pasteur who, around 1960–61, helped isolate and characterize messenger RNA (mRNA), the unstable intermediary that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosomes to direct protein synthesis. He later became permanent secretary of the French Academy of Sciences. He came from a non-practicing Jewish family in Paris.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

Contributions & Sources

Molecular biologist who co-discovered messenger RNA.

1925

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology