Chemist no. 149 of 350 · Biochemistry

Walter Gilbert

1932-United StatesNobel Chemistry 1980

DNA sequencing method

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The discovery, explained

Walter Gilbert: Reading the Letters of DNA with Chemistry

Walter Gilbert's chemical DNA sequencing (Maxam-Gilbert) and lac repressor isolation explained step by step with reactions for JAM, NET and GATE.

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Biography

Walter Gilbert: From Theoretical Physics to the Code of Life

Life of Walter Gilbert (born 1932): physics to molecular biology, DNA sequencing, lac repressor, Biogen and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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