J. Heinrich Matthaei

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Johannes Heinrich Matthaei (born 4 May 1929) is a German biochemist. He is best known for his unique contribution to solving the genetic code on 15 May 1961.

Career

Whilst a post-doctoral visitor in the laboratory of

Why Matthaei, who personally deciphered the genetic code, was excluded from this scientific prize is one of the Nobel Prize controversies.

Later, Matthaei was a member of the Max Planck Society in Göttingen as a director.^[2]

Bibliography

• Matthaei JH, Nirenberg MW (1961). "Characteristics and stabilization of DNA ase-sensitive protein synthesis in E. coli extracts". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 47 (10): 1580–1588.
  PMID 14471391
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• Nirenberg MW, Matthaei JH (1961). "The dependence of cell-free protein synthesis in E. coli upon naturally occurring or synthetic polyribonucleotides". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 47 (10): 1588–1602.
  PMID 14479932
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See also

• Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• German inventors and discoverers
• Genetic code

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