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Nathans
[ ney-thuhnz ]
noun
- Daniel, 1928–1999, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1978.
Nathans
/ nā′thənz /
- American microbiologist who pioneered the use of restriction enzymes —enzymes that break DNA molecules down into manageable fragments—to create the first genetic map on which the location of specific genes on the DNA could be identified. For this work, which revolutionized genetic engineering, Nathans shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Werner Arber and Hamilton Smith.
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Now, Nathans fears were as great as Isaacs; but he made one more effort at asserting himself, and began by telling a lie.
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You know, my dear, I am going to decorate a room for the Jacob Nathans.
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Suddenly one of the ostriches made a vicious peck at Mr. Nathans.
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Mr. Nathans ever afterwards admired ostriches from a distance.
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Farmer Nathans barn had gone, and his flat meadows were like a whirling sea, strewn with floating rails and driftwood.
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