Paul Modrich

Nobel Prize lecture

Mechanisms in E. Coli and Human Mismatch Repair

Paul Modrich delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2015, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Sara Snogerup Linse, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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