Mark Ptashne
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Mark Ptashne is an American molecular biologist renowned for his pioneering work on gene regulation and the discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression in phage and eukaryotic systems.
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American scientist
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geneticist → human → molecular biologist → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in biology
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| authorOf |
A Genetic Switch: Phage Lambda and Higher Organisms
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Genes and Signals → |
| awardReceived |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Genetics Society of America Medal → Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → Massry Prize → |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Reed College → |
| employer |
Harvard University
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center → |
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Ptashne
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| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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gene regulation → molecular biology → transcriptional regulation → |
| givenName |
Mark
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| influenced |
development of molecular genetics of bacteriophages
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modern understanding of transcriptional control → |
| knownFor |
conceptual advances in gene regulatory circuits
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demonstrating specific DNA-binding proteins as gene regulators → discovery of how transcription factors control gene expression → pioneering work on gene regulation → research on the Cro protein of bacteriophage lambda → research on the lambda repressor → studies of gene regulation in bacteriophage lambda → studies of gene regulation in eukaryotic systems → work on transcription factors → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America → |
| name |
Mark Ptashne
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| nationality |
United States of America
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| notableWork |
A Genetic Switch: Phage Lambda and Higher Organisms
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| occupation |
molecular biologist
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research scientist → university professor → |
| positionHeld |
Ludwig Chair of Molecular Biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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professor at Harvard University → |
| researchFocus |
epigenetic regulation by transcription factors
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protein–DNA interactions → transcription factors in eukaryotes → transcription factors in phage lambda → |
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Mark Ptashne
("Ptashne")
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Mark Ptashne
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James Watson
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