Video 24: Phil Sharp, clip 4
Phil Sharp is the Salvador E. Luria Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His laboratory studies both the catalytic processes responsible for splicing and the nature of the factors conferring specificity.
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16545. Video 24: Phil Sharp, clip 3
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16543. Video 24: Phil Sharp, clip 1
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