Paul Modrich | |
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Born | Paul Lawrence Modrich June 13, 1946 Raton, New Mexico, U.S. |
Alma mater | MIT Stanford University (PhD) |
Known for | Clarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens Modrich–Lehman unit |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | DNA mismatch repair |
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Thesis | Structure, mechanism and biological role of E. coli DNA ligase (1973) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Lehman |
Website | www |
Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair.[1] Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl.[2][3]