Dr.
Martin Frank Gellert
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Biochemist; Molecular geneticist; Government research agency administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
1983
His research concerns mechanisms of genetic recombination and the proteins involved in them. Current work focuses on the DNA rearrangement in the immune system that assembles functional antibody and T-cell receptor genes from their initial gene segments. This so-called V(D)J recombination is responsible for much of the diversity of the immune response, enabling it to combat a wide range of infectious agents.
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