Who did Nirenberg share the Nobel Prize with?
James Watson
Francis Crick
Har Gobind Khorana
Linus Pauling
Answer
Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize with Marshall Nirenberg. Together, they deciphered the genetic code, determining how the sequence of nucleotides in DNA corresponds to the sequence of amino acids in proteins. Their work laid the foundation for understanding how genetic information is translated into the proteins that make up living organisms.
Decoding the Genetic Code: The Marshall Warren Nirenberg Challenge
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