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Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action.

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Francis Crick
Age: 88 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 8
Died: 2004
Died: July 28
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Francis Harry Compton Crick
Francis H.C. Crick
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