Vincent speaks with 1993 Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp about his career and his seminal discovery of RNA splicing in mammalian cells, which changed our understanding of gene structure.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Phillip A. Sharp

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Links for this episode

• Meet the Microbiologist
• Sharp Laboratory
• Spliced segments of adenovirus late mRNA (PNAS)
• Video of this interview (YouTube)

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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