Chemist no. 191 of 350 · Biochemistry
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952-United KingdomNobel Chemistry 2009
Structure of the ribosome
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Venki Ramakrishnan and the Ribosome: The Atomic Structure of the Protein Factory
How Venkatraman Ramakrishnan solved the 30S ribosomal subunit structure and explained accurate decoding of mRNA and antibiotic action. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009.
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan: From Chidambaram to Cambridge and the Ribosome
Life of Venki Ramakrishnan, born in Tamil Nadu, raised in Baroda, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the ribosome and became Royal Society President.
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