Thomas B. Kornberg
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| Thomas Kornberg | |
| Born | 1948 St Louis, Missouri, USA |
|---|---|
| Fields | Biochemistry |
Thomas Bill Kornberg is an American biochemist who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II and DNA polymerase III.[1][2] He is currently a Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco working on Drosophila melanogaster development.
His father is Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007), winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and his older brother is Roger D. Kornberg (born 1947), winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
[edit] References
- ^ Kornberg T, Gefter ML (1972). "Deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in cell-free extracts. IV. Purification and catalytic properties of deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase III". J. Biol. Chem. 247 (17): 5369–75. PMID 4560196.
- ^ Kornberg T, Gefter ML (1971). "Purification and DNA synthesis in cell-free extracts: properties of DNA polymerase II". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 68 (4): 761–4. doi:. PMID 4927672.
[edit] Bibliography
- Kornberg T (2002). "Another arrow in the Drosophila quiver". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (15): 9607–8. doi:. PMID 12122216.
- Kornberg T (1981). "Engrailed: a gene controlling compartment and segment formation in Drosophila". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78 (2): 1095–9. doi:. PMID 6821526.
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