Wednesday, January 30, 2008

HAR GOBIND KHORANA

KHORANA PRODUCED A PART OF GENE OF YEAST CELL IN HIS LABORATORY WHICH HELPED HIM BREAKING THE GENETIC CODE.HE SHARED NOBEL PRIZE IN 1968.KHORANA AND HIS GROUP BUILT UP 207 GENE OF A BACTERIA E.COLI AND INCLUDED CHEMICALS WHICH WILL SIGNAL STOP AND START TO THE GENE.THE MAN MADE GENE WAS INSERTED INTO E.COLI AND IT STARTED WORKING LIKE ITS NATURAL GENE.

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