Albrecht Kossel
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Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist who made pioneering contributions to understanding genetics and the chemistry of life. His work helped establish the foundation for modern molecular biology by advancing our knowledge of how genetic information is organized and transmitted.
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- 1853-09-16
- Died
- 1927-07-05
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- 4
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- The Protamines And Histone
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel ( German pronunciation: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈkɔsl̩] ; 16 September 1853 – 5 July 1927) was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his work in determining the chemical composition of nucleic acids, the genetic substance of biological cells.
Kossel isolated and described the five organic compounds that are present in nucleic acid: adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil. These compounds were later shown to be nucleobases, and are key in the formation of DNA and RNA, the genetic material found in all living cells.
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1853 births1927 deathsAcademic staff of Heidelberg UniversityAcademic staff of Marburg UniversityAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesGerman Nobel laureatesGerman physiologistsHistory of geneticsMedical doctors of the CharitéNobel laureates in Physiology or MedicinePeople from Rostock