Ribosome Unraveled: A Q&A with Nobelist Thomas Steitz
SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-10-13
TOPICS:
Ribozymes • Royal Swedish Academy Of Sciences • Organelles • Protein Biosynthesis • Ribosome • Nobel Prize • Svedberg • Joan A. Steitz • Human Interest
[68 diggs @ General Sciences] One of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry describes the efforts that went into piercing the ribosome's secrets. The Nobel not only recognizes 69-year-old Steitz for his seminal work on the ribosome, but also for his work's ramific...
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