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François Jacob

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Gender Male
Death10 years ago
Date of birth June 17,1920
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Nancy
France
Date of died April 19,2013
DiedParis
France
Children Odile Jacob
Job Chemist
Biologist
Education Lycée Carnot
University of Paris
Awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Lewis Thomas Prize
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer
SpousLise Bloch ; Geneviève Barrier (m. 1999)
Known forOperon
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID468442

The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity
The Statue Within: An Autobiography
Of flies, mice, and men
The Possible and the Actual
La statue intérieure
Sexuality and the Genetics of Bacteria
La souris, la mouche et l'homme
The Logic of Living Systems: A History of Heredity
Discours de réception de François Jacob à l'Académie française et réponse de Maurice Schumann
La Estatua Interior
El Juego de Lo Posible
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François Jacob 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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