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nounsomeone with special training in biochemistrytype of:
Definition that contains biochemist
- a (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
- chain British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
- dna (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
- jacob French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
- roberts United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
- funk United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
- hopkins English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
- kendall United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
- crick English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)
- biochemical of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms