Who named messenger RNA?, François Jacob

Interviewee: François Jacob. François Jacob talks about how he and Jacques Monod named messenger RNA. (DNAi Location: Code > Copying the code > Players > François Jacob > Who came up with messenger RNA?)

It was in a discussion between us but we came out with that, yes, yes. The idea was there were, there was a message, why not messenger, yes, why not messenger.

jacques monod,mrna translation,messenger rna,franis,dnai,location code,interviewee,jacob

Related Content

15274. The production of messenger RNA, François Jacob

François Jacob, Sydney Brenner and Matt Meselson worked on the role of mRNA. An on/off switch involving mRNA seemed a logical control point for protein production.

  • ID: 15274
  • Source: DNAi

15270. Deciding on studying the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob explains why Jacques Monod chose to work with the lactose system.

  • ID: 15270
  • Source: DNAi

15272. The molecular biology of the lac operon, Fraois Jacob

François Jacob talks about the relationship between DNA, ribosomes, and protein production.

  • ID: 15272
  • Source: DNAi

15271. Discovering the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about bacterial mutants that could not metabolize lactose. Using these mutants, Jacob and Monod figured out how protein production is controlled.

  • ID: 15271
  • Source: DNAi

15269. The discovery of the lac operon, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about how enzyme production was viewed at the time they were beginning their experiments.

  • ID: 15269
  • Source: DNAi

15276. Genes control the structure of proteins, François Jacob

François Jacob talks about Genes control the structure of proteins

  • ID: 15276
  • Source: DNAi

15330. Messenger RNA, Matthew Meselson

Matt Meselson also had a hand in Sydney Brenner's RNA experiment. He talks about the experiment and how they waited for James Watson's group to finished their RNA work before publishing.

  • ID: 15330
  • Source: DNAi

15693. François Jacob and Jacques Monod

François Jacob (1953) and Jacques Monod

  • ID: 15693
  • Source: DNAi

15481. Translation: RNA to protein, 3D animation with no audio

Translation: RNA to protein, 3D animation with no audio

  • ID: 15481
  • Source: DNAi

15285. RNA transcription/translation, Sydney Brenner

In this first of a two-part clip, Sydney Brenner describes the information transfer problem from DNA to the protein-making machinery.

  • ID: 15285
  • Source: DNAi