Birthdate: February 25, 1869
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Žagarė, Lithuania
Died: September 6, 1940
Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene, an American biochemist of Russian descent, made significant contributions to the study of nucleic acids. He identified the components of DNA, such as adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. Levene proposed the tetranucleotide hypothesis, which suggested that DNA consisted of equal amounts of four nucleotides. Despite some initial misconceptions about DNA’s structure, his research formed the basis for future genetic discoveries. Levene’s extensive body of work, which included over 700 papers on biochemical structures, established him as a respected figure in the scientific community.
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