The co
inventor of
Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, which is a
technique used to find the sequence of
nucleotide bases of a
nucleic acid (
DNA or
RNA). He is also known for his research on the
intron-
exon gene structure of
eukaryotes. In 1980, he shared the
Nobel Prize in
Chemistry with
Paul Berg, a
biochemist.
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