Phoebus Levene
Lithuanian-American chemist (1869-1940) · Lithuania · On the map · Scientists · Died at 71
Phoebus Aaron Theodore Levene was a Russian-born American biochemist who studied the structure and function of nucleic acids. He characterized the different forms of nucleic acid, DNA from RNA, and found that DNA contained adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group.
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Country
Lithuania
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1869 to 1940 · aged 71
