Nancy Kleckner

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Nancy Elizabeth Kleckner (* 1947 in Southern California ) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist at Harvard University .

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Kleckner first studied with Matthew Meselson at Harvard University (graduated in 1968), her Ph.D. in genetics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974 . She then worked there as a postdoc with David Botstein . In 1977 she returned to Harvard University, where she has held a professorship since 1985.

Kleckner was able to define the DNA rearrangement that is caused by the bacterial transposon Tn10 at a more precise molecular level . Kleckner and her colleagues were able to show that the synthesis of transposase is regulated both by the methylation of adenine and by antisense RNA , and that the process of transposition does not require replication of the transposed DNA. Further work deals with the meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast).

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  1. ↑ a b National Academy of Sciences. In: nas.nasonline.org. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
  2. ^ The GSA Medal - Genetics Society of America. In: genetics-gsa.org. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on December 16, 2016.
  4. ^ 60 Are Chosen for the National Academy of Sciences. In: nytimes.com. May 2, 1993, accessed December 16, 2016 .
  5. ^ Molecular & Cellular Biology - Harvard University. In: mcb.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Chloe Poston: Nancy Kleckner awarded 2016 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal. In: genestogenomes.org. January 19, 2016, accessed December 16, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kleckner, Nancy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kleckner, Nancy Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geneticist and molecular biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Southern California