Lwoff
andré [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (show ipa), 1902–1994, french microbiologist: n-bel prize in medicine 1965.
lwoff (lwôf), andré michel. 1902-1994.
french microbiologist. he shared a 1965 n-bel prize for the study of regulatory activity in body cells.
lwoff
(lwôf)
french microbiologist who studied the genetics of bacterial viruses and explained how they reproduce. his findings have been important in cancer research and in understanding how viruses resist drugs.
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