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Paul L. Modrich
American biochemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair.[1] Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl.[2][3]
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![]() Paul L. Modrich, Nobel Laureate in chemistry in Stockholm December 2015 | |
Born | Paul Lawrence Modrich (1946-06-13) June 13, 1946 (age 78) Raton, New Mexico, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | MIT Stanford University (PhD) |
Known for | Clarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | DNA mismatch repair |
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Thesis | Structure, mechanism and biological role of E. coli DNA ligase (1973) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Lehman |
Website | www |
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