Erwin Chargaff

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Erwin Chargaff was an Austrian-American biochemist best known for formulating the base-pairing rules of DNA that were crucial to the discovery of its double-helix structure.

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Erwin Chargaff canonical 3
Chargaff 1
Chargaff's rules 1

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instanceOf Austrian-American scientist ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in chemistry ⓘ
awardReceived Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Pasteur Medal ⓘ
burialPlace New York City ⓘ
causeOfMigration Nazi persecution in Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-08-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-06-20 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Vienna ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Chargaff ⓘ
linked to: Erwin Chargaff
fieldOfWork biochemistry ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
fullName Erwin Chargaff ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Erwin ⓘ
influenced Francis Crick ⓘ
James D. Watson ⓘ
linked to: James Watson

Rosalind Franklin ⓘ
inspiredBy work of Oswald Avery on DNA ⓘ
knownFor Chargaff's rules ⓘ
linked to: Erwin Chargaff

base composition analysis of DNA ⓘ
contributions to understanding DNA base pairing ⓘ
demonstrating equivalence of A and T in DNA ⓘ
demonstrating equivalence of G and C in DNA ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
migratedTo United States of America ⓘ
movement molecular biology ⓘ
notableIdea critique of molecular biology reductionism ⓘ
species-specific variation in DNA base composition ⓘ
notableWork Essays in biochemistry and philosophy of science ⓘ
Studies on the composition of DNA from different species ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Bukovina ⓘ
Czernowitz ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld professor of biochemistry ⓘ
religion secular Jew ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
wrote Essays on nucleic acids and the nature of life ⓘ
Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life before Nature ⓘ

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Otto Warburg Medal → notableRecipient → Erwin Chargaff ⓘ
Erwin Chargaff → fullName → Erwin Chargaff ⓘ
Erwin Chargaff → familyName → Chargaff ⓘ
linked to: Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff → knownFor → Chargaff's rules ⓘ
linked to: Erwin Chargaff
Oswald Avery → influenced → Erwin Chargaff ⓘ