Chemist no. 161 of 350 · Biochemistry
Thomas Cech
1947-United StatesNobel Chemistry 1989
Discovery of catalytic RNA
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Thomas Cech and Self-Splicing RNA: The First Ribozyme
How Thomas Cech showed that the Tetrahymena intron splices itself out of RNA without protein, winning the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Thomas Cech: Complete Life and Legacy of the Ribozyme Discoverer
Life of Thomas Cech, the American biochemist who found self-splicing RNA and shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman.
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