Charles Yanofsky

Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky
Born	April 17, 1925; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 16, 2018 (aged 92); Palo Alto, California
Alma mater	City College of New York; Yale University (Ph.D, 1951)
Known for	data supporting one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, mechanism of suppression, attenuation of expression of bacterial operons
Awards	National Medal of Science (2003); Passano Award (1992); Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1990); Genetics Society of America Medal (1983); Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1976); Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology (1972); Albert Lasker Award (1971); NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1964); Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award (1959);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics microbiology
Institutions	Stanford University
Website	profiles.stanford.edu/charles-yanofsky

Charles Yanofsky (April 17, 1925^[1] – March 16, 2018) was an American geneticist on the faculty of Stanford University who contributed to the establishment of the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis and discovered attenuation, a riboswitch mechanism in which messenger RNA changes shape in response to a small molecule and thus alters its binding ability for the regulatory region of a gene or operon.

^ The International Who's Who, 1997-98. 1997. ISBN 9781857430226.

[1] The International Who's Who, 1997-98. 1997. ISBN 9781857430226.

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Charles Yanofsky
Born	(1925-04-17)April 17, 1925 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 16, 2018(2018-03-16) (aged 92) Palo Alto, California
Alma mater	City College of New York Yale University (Ph.D, 1951)
Known for	data supporting one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, mechanism of suppression, attenuation of expression of bacterial operons
Awards	National Medal of Science (2003) Passano Award (1992) Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (1990) Genetics Society of America Medal (1983) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1976) Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology (1972) Albert Lasker Award (1971) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1964) Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award (1959)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics microbiology
Institutions	Stanford University

Website	profiles.stanford.edu/charles-yanofsky