Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat · Science & Medicine
Virologist who reconstituted infectious tobacco mosaic virus from its separated protein and RNA.
1910, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) — 1999, Oakland, California, USA
Germany · United States
Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Virologist who reconstituted infectious tobacco mosaic virus from its separated protein and RNA.
Fraenkel-Conrat, from a Jewish family, trained in medicine and chemistry in Germany and fled Nazi persecution, settling in the United States. He separated the tobacco mosaic virus into its protein coat and RNA and then reconstituted an infectious virus from the parts, demonstrating that the RNA carries the genetic information. This was a landmark in molecular biology and virology.
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Virologist who reconstituted infectious tobacco mosaic virus from its separated protein and RNA.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
