François Jacob Scientist

François Jacob (17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013) was a French biologist who, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff.

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François Jacob
Birth dateJune 17, 1920
Birth place
France , Nancy France
Citizenship
France
Date of deathApril 19, 2013
Place of death
Paris , France
Education
University of Paris
Known for
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