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jacques monod

 

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Noun jacques monod has 1 sense
  1. Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod - French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976)
    --1 is a kind of biochemist

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Jacques Monod

Description:

Jacques Monod was a renowned French biologist, best known for his groundbreaking work on the regulation of gene expression and his contribution to the understanding of the operon model in prokaryotes. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis. Monod's research laid the foundation for modern molecular biology.

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Sense 1 - Noun (Biologist):

Jacques Monod, a French biologist, was a key figure in the study of gene regulation and the operon model in prokaryotes.

Example Sentence: Jacques Monod's research on the lac operon revolutionized our understanding of gene expression.

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