Reiji Okazaki

Japanese: 岡崎令治 - おかざき れいじ
Reiji Okazaki
1930-1975 A molecular biologist in the late Showa period.
Born October 8, 1930. Became a professor at Nagoya University in 1967. In 1966, he discovered that the genetic material DNA is replicated discontinuously, and in 1968, he proposed this as the Okazaki model, attracting attention. He died of leukemia on August 1, 1975, due to exposure to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima when he was in his second year of junior high school. He was 44 years old. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Graduated from Nagoya University.

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Japanese:
1930-1975 昭和時代後期の分子生物学者。
昭和5年10月8日生まれ。42年名大教授。41年遺伝物質DNAが不連続的に複製されることを発見,43年これを岡崎モデルとして提唱し注目された。中学2年のとき広島で被爆したことが原因で,昭和50年8月1日白血病で死去。44歳。広島県出身。名大卒。

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