1920– French bacteriologist and co-discoverer of messenger RNA, who is also renowned for his research on bacterial sexuality and genetics.
Keywords: bacteriology; Pseudomonas; bacteriophage; Escherichia coli; Nobel
Jacob, François
C Christopher Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002485
| Further Reading | |
| book Jacob F and Wollman E (1961) Sexuality and the Genetics of Bacteria. New York: Academic Press. | |
| book Jacob F (1973) The Logic of Life: A History of Heredity, Spillman B (transl.). New York: Pantheon. | |
| book Jacob F (1977) "Genetics of the bacterial cell". Nobel Lectures in Molecular Biology 1933–1975, pp. 219–242. New York: Elsevier. | |
| book Jacob F (1982) The Possible and the Actual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. | |
| book Jacob F (1988) The Statue Within, Philip F (transl.). New York: Basic Books. | |
| book Moritz C (ed) (1966) Current Biography. New York: HW Wilson. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology. New York: Garland. | |
| book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) The Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson. | |
