Chemist no. 324 of 350 · Biochemistry
Har Gobind Khorana
1922-2011United StatesNobel Physiology/Medicine 1968
Genetic code; synthesis of oligonucleotides
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Har Gobind Khorana: Chemistry Meets the Genetic Code
How Har Gobind Khorana chemically synthesised RNA sequences to decode the genetic code and made the first synthetic gene. Notes for JAM, NET and GATE.
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Har Gobind Khorana: Complete Life and Legacy of the Indian-Born Nobel Laureate
Life of Har Gobind Khorana (1922-2011): Raipur village childhood, Punjab University Lahore, Liverpool PhD, 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and legacy.
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