Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene
1869-1940
A Russian-born American chemist who is best known for his pioneering studies in the area of nucleic acids. While he worked with a variety of compounds, his most ...
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Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene made important contributions to the understanding of the nucleic acids. He identified the sugars in nucleic acid nucleotides and discovered the precise structure of indivi...
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The organic chemist Phoebus Levene isolated and discovered the structure of the individual units of deoxyribonucleic (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). DNA and RNA consist of an acidic phosphate group,...
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Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene made important contributions to the understanding of the nucleic acids. He identified the sugars in nucleic acid nucleotides and discovered the precise structure of indivi...
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