Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marshall Nirenberg papers
Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2010-005
Abstract
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Additional awards, records and correspondence kept by Dr. Nirenberg at his homes. Genetic code experiment laboratory notebooks (1962-1969) created by Levin while a postdoctoral fellow in Nirenberg's lab.
Dates:
1950-2008
Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 566
Abstract
Marshall W. Nirenberg is best known for his work on deciphering the genetic code by discovering the unique code words for the twenty major amino acids that make-up DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1968. This collection of correspondence, laboratory administrative and research materials, and publications documents Nirenberg's career as a researcher in biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health.
Dates:
1937-2003 (bulk 1957-1997)
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- Amino Acid Sequence 1
- Codon 1
- DNA 1
- Neurobiology 1
- Neuroblastoma 1