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Also Known As Venki Ramakrishnan
Born 1952 (age 73) • Chidambaram • India
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2009)
Subjects Of Study RNA • endoplasmic reticulum • histone • protein • rhodopsin • ribosome
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Aaron Klug
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