Mark Ptashne
Mark Ptashne · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who first isolated a gene repressor, revealing how genes are switched on and off.
1940, Chicago, Illinois, United States
United States
Mark Ptashne is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who first isolated a gene repressor, revealing how genes are switched on and off.
Ptashne, an American Jewish molecular biologist, was the first to isolate a gene repressor (the lambda phage repressor), revealing at the molecular level how genes are switched on and off. His work at Harvard and Memorial Sloan Kettering laid foundations for understanding gene regulation and earned him the Lasker Award.
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Molecular biologist who first isolated a gene repressor, revealing how genes are switched on and off.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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