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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SHATKIN, Aaron J. (1934 – 2012)

1934 – 2012

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1976

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Reovirus messenger RNA contains a methylated, blocked 5'-terminal structure: m7G(5')ppp(5')GmpCp.

FURUICHI, Yashiro SHATKIN, Aaron J. (1934 – 2012)

Furuichi, working in Shatkin's laboratory, discovered that the viral mRNAs synthesized in vitro by the virion-associated RNA polymerase of reovirus contain a unique 5′-terminal structure m7GpppNm or cap. The precise b…