Chemist no. 160 of 350 · Biochemistry
Sidney Altman
1939-2022CanadaNobel Chemistry 1989
Catalytic RNA, RNase P
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Sidney Altman and RNase P: When RNA Became an Enzyme
How Sidney Altman discovered that the RNA in ribonuclease P is the catalyst, sharing the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas Cech.
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Sidney Altman: Complete Life and Legacy of the Scientist Who Found Catalytic RNA
Life of Sidney Altman (1939-2022), the Canadian-American molecular biologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for catalytic RNA.
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