Chemist no. 204 of 350 · Biochemistry

Paul Modrich

1946-United StatesNobel Chemistry 2015

Mismatch repair of DNA

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Paul Modrich and the Proofreader of the Genome: DNA Mismatch Repair

How Paul Modrich reconstituted methyl-directed DNA mismatch repair with MutS, MutL and MutH, and linked it to Lynch syndrome. Nobel Chemistry 2015 for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Paul Modrich (born 1946): The Biochemist Who Explained How Cells Proofread Their DNA

Biography of Paul Modrich (born 1946), Duke University biochemist who explained DNA mismatch repair and shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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