Aziz Sancar
Turkish biochemist and molecular biologist (born 1946)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field.
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Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field.
Affiliation
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Top Publications
- Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repair and the DNA Damage Checkpoints (2004) - 3,366 citations
- Structure and Function of DNA Photolyase and Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptors (2003) - 1,305 citations
- DNA EXCISION REPAIR (1996) - 1,138 citations
- Simple method for identification of plasmid-coded proteins (1979) - 1,044 citations
- DNA REPAIR ENZYMES (1988) - 816 citations
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- Full name
- Aziz Sancar
- Born
- 1946-09-08
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-6469-4900
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5016678671
Research interests
- DNA Repair Mechanisms, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Light effects on plants
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repair and the DNA Damage Checkpoints ↗2004 · Annual Review of Biochemistry3,366OpenAlex citations
- Structure and Function of DNA Photolyase and Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptors ↗2003 · Chemical Reviews1,305OpenAlex citations
- DNA EXCISION REPAIR ↗1996 · Annual Review of Biochemistry1,138OpenAlex citations
- Simple method for identification of plasmid-coded proteins ↗1979 · Journal of Bacteriology1,044OpenAlex citations
- DNA REPAIR ENZYMES ↗1988 · Annual Review of Biochemistry816OpenAlex citations
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repair and the DNA Damage Checkpoints ↗2004 · Annual Review of Biochemistry
- Structure and Function of DNA Photolyase and Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptors ↗2003 · Chemical Reviews
- DNA EXCISION REPAIR ↗1996 · Annual Review of Biochemistry
- Simple method for identification of plasmid-coded proteins ↗1979 · Journal of Bacteriology
- DNA REPAIR ENZYMES ↗1988 · Annual Review of Biochemistry
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Awards & honors
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015) — for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
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