François Jacob and Jacques Monod

François Jacob (1953) and Jacques Monod

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15270. Deciding on studying the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob explains why Jacques Monod chose to work with the lactose system.

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16480. Gallery 21: Letter from François Jacob's to Matt Meselson

François Jacob's letter to Matt Meselson about his planned trip to Meselson's lab.

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15269. The discovery of the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about how enzyme production was viewed at the time they were beginning their experiments.

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15884. The lac operon

Francois Jacob and Jaçques Monod figured out how bacteria controlled the production of an enzyme called beta-galactosidase. This system of feedback and negative regulation became the lac operon and was the first model for the control of protein productio

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15273. Who named messenger RNA?, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about how he and Jacques Monod named messenger RNA.

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15886. Lac operon problem

The first model for the control of protein production was the lac operon. This system of feedback and negative regulation is used by bacteria, however, the general principles also apply to higher organisms. Another method of protein regulation involves

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16702. Biography 33: François Jacob (1920 - )

François Jacob and Jacques Monod were the first to discover how genes were turned on and off.

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15271. Discovering the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about bacterial mutants that could not metabolize lactose. Using these mutants, Jacob and Monod figured out how protein production is controlled.

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16029. François Jacob, 1961

Genes can be turned on and off.

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15275. Molecules thought to be unique to species, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about molecules thought to be unique to species

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