For what research did Smith win his Nobel Prize?
Human Genome Project
Cloning
Site-Directed Mutagenesis
RNA Splicing
Answer
In 1978, Smith and coworkers described a technique called site-directed mutagenesis. This allowed researchers to change a single nucleotide in a DNA sequence, which in turn could change the amino acid at that position in the protein. This technique has had a profound impact on molecular biology, and has been used to study the function of genes and proteins, as well as to develop new drugs and therapies.
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