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MATTHAEI, J. Heinrich (1929 – )

MATTHAEI, J. Heinrich (1929 – )

1929 –

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source NIH History Office from Bethesda · J. Heinreich Matthaei and Marshall Nirenberg · Public domain

1961 CE

#256.11

Characteristics and stabilization of DNAase-sensitive protein synthesis in E. coli extracts.

With Matthaei, Nirenberg demonstrated that messenger RNA is required for protein synthesis, and that synthetic messenger RNA preparations can be used to decipher various aspects of the genetic code. Nirenberg first re…