Chemist no. 312 of 350 · Biochemistry

Phoebus Levene

1869-1940United States

Nucleic acid composition; ribose, deoxyribose

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The discovery, explained

Phoebus Levene and the Nucleotide: The Sugar-Phosphate Backbone of Heredity

Learn how Phoebus Levene identified ribose and deoxyribose, defined the nucleotide, and proposed the tetranucleotide hypothesis later overturned by Chargaff.

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Biography

Phoebus Levene (1869–1940): The Chemist Who Defined the Nucleotide

Biography of Phoebus Levene (1869-1940): life in Russia and New York, Rockefeller Institute, ribose and deoxyribose, nucleotide concept and the tetranucleotide error.

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