Thomas B. Kornberg
Encyclopedia
Thomas Bill Kornberg is an American
biochemist
who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II
and DNA polymerase III. 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
.
United States
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biochemist
Biochemist
Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. Typical biochemists study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. The prefix of "bio" in "biochemist" can be understood as a fusion of "biological chemist."-Role:...
who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II
DNA polymerase II
DNA polymerase II is a prokaryotic DNA polymerase most likely involved in DNA repair.The enzyme is 90 kDa in size and is coded by the polB gene. DNA Pol II can synthesize DNA new base pairs at an average rate of between 40 and 50 nucleotides/second. Strains lacking the gene show no defect in...
and DNA polymerase III. He is currently a Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
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working on Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster is a species of Diptera, or the order of flies, in the family Drosophilidae. The species is known generally as the common fruit fly or vinegar fly. Starting from Charles W...
development.
His father is Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid " together with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University...
(1918–2007), winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Medicine, and his older brother is Roger D. Kornberg
Roger D. Kornberg
Roger David Kornberg is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine.Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA, "the molecular basis of...
(born 1947), winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
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