Reiji Okazaki
Reiji Okazaki (岡崎 令治, Okazaki Reiji, October 8, 1930 – August 1, 1975) was a pioneer Japanese molecular biologist, known for his research on DNA replication and especially for describing the role of Okazaki fragments along with his wife Tsuneko.
Reiji Okazaki | |
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| 岡崎 令治 | |
| Born | Okazaki Reiji October 8, 1930 Hiroshima, Japan |
| Died | August 1, 1975 (aged 44) |
| Education | Nagoya University |
| Known for | Okazaki Fragments |
| Spouse | Tsuneko Okazaki |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology |
| Institutions | Nagoya University, Washington University, Stanford University |
Okazaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He graduated in 1953 from Nagoya University, and worked as a professor there after 1963. He died of leukemia in 1975 at the age of 44 while traveling to the United States; he had been heavily irradiated in Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb was dropped.
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