Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans · Science & Medicine
Molecular biologist who discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors governing gene expression.
1949, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States
Ronald M. Evans is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular biologist who discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors governing gene expression.
Evans, an American educated at UCLA, has spent his career at the Salk Institute in La Jolla. He discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors — the master switches through which hormones such as steroids, thyroid hormone and vitamin A directly control gene expression — a finding central to endocrinology, metabolism and drug development. He is documented among Jewish figures in the biomedical sciences.
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Molecular biologist who discovered the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors governing gene expression.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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