Dr.

Brenda L. Bass

Biochemist; Molecular biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
2007
Made seminal contributions to understanding double-stranded RNAs and the proteins that act on them in metazoan cells. Discovered the enzyme ADAR (adenosine deaminase acting on RNA), established its site-specific modification of mRNA, uncovered through structural studies its obligate cofactor inositol hexakisphosphate, and demonstrated its relationship to RNA interference.
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