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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989

Further reading

Scientific American (1986) Vol 255, 76-84.

Trends in Biochemical Sciences (1989) Vol 11, 515-518.

Journal of the American Medical Association (1988) Vol 260, 3030-3034.

Advances in Enzymology (1989) Vol 62, 1-36.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Information about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 (press release).

 

  

Contents:
Introduction  »
The chemistry of life and its central dogma  »
Enzymes – biological catalysts  »
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) – the biomolecule which can do it all  »
The history of biocatalysis  »
What happens next?  »
Further reading  »
Based on materials from the 1989 Nobel Poster for Chemistry.
Credits and references for the poster  »

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