Jacques Monod, 1961

Genes can be turned on and off.

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15693. François Jacob and Jacques Monod

François Jacob (1953) and Jacques Monod

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16693. Gallery 33: Jacques Monod and Suzanne Bourgeois, 1969

Jacques Monod and Suzanne Bourgeois, 1969.

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16691. Gallery 33: Barbara McClintock and Jacques Monod, 1946

Barbara McClintock (L) and Jacques Monod (R) at a Cold Spring Harbor meeting, 1946.

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16692. Gallery 33: Jacques Monod, Peter Lengyel, Walter Gibert and Luigi Gorini, 1966

(L-R) Jacques Monod, Peter Lengyel, Walter Gibert, Luigi Gorini at a Cold Spring Harbor Meeting, 1966.

  • ID: 16692
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15686. Monod, Lengyel, Gibert, and Gorini

(L-R) Jacques Monod, Peter Lengyel, Walter Gibert, Luigi Gorini discussing ideas at a Cold Spring Harbor Meeting, 1966.

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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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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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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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16701. Biography 33: Jacques Lucien Monod (1919 -1976)

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

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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

  • ID: 15886
  • Source: DNAi