Chemist no. 317 of 350 · Biochemistry
Severo Ochoa
1905-1993United StatesNobel Physiology/Medicine 1959
Enzymatic synthesis of RNA
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Severo Ochoa and the Enzyme That Made RNA in a Test Tube
How Severo Ochoa discovered polynucleotide phosphorylase and made RNA in a test tube, helping crack the genetic code. Notes for JAM, NET, GATE.
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Severo Ochoa: Complete Life and Legacy of the Spanish Biochemist
Life of Severo Ochoa (1905-1993): Spanish childhood, education, exile, career in New York, 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and legacy.
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Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.
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- Otto Meyerhofmentor
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