Stanford Moore
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| Stanford Moore | |
 Stanford Moore
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| Born | September 4, 1913 |
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| Died | August 23, 1982 |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Fields | biochemistry |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Known for | ribonuclease |
| Notable awards |  Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 |
Stanford Moore (September 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982) was a U.S. biochemist. He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, for his work on ribonuclease and for contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the ribonuclease molecule.
Moore attended Peabody Demonstration School, now known as University School of Nashville, and he graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma, in 1935 and earned his doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1938.
[edit] References
- Marshall, Garland R; Feng Jiawen A, Kuster Daniel J (2008). "Back to the future: Ribonuclease A". Biopolymers 90 (3): 259-77. doi:. PMID 17868092.
- Hirs, C H (Jan 1984). "Stanford Moore. Some personal recollections of his life and times". Anal. Biochem. 136 (1): 3-6. PMID 6370037.
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| Preceded by Gerhard Herzberg |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Christian B. Anfinsen and William Howard Stein 1972 |
Succeeded by Ernst Otto Fischer and Geoffrey Wilkinson |
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