Mahlon Bush Hoagland (October 5, 1921 – September 18, 2009) was an American biochemist who discovered transfer RNA (tRNA), the translator of the genetic code.
[1] After graduating from Harvard Medical School he, his daughter Judith and his wife Elizabeth Stratton Hoagland lived in the home of designer Louise Kenyon and her family.
He found that after longer periods of times (hours, days) radioactively labeled proteins were present in all subcellular fractions.
Incidentally, this lab's discovery of tRNA supported the theory of complementarity (molecular biology) proposed by Watson and Crick.
[citation needed] Mahlon Hoagland's other work involved the carcinogenic effects of beryllium, biosynthesis of coenzyme A, as well as liver regeneration and control.