Thomas B. Kornberg
| Thomas Kornberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1948 St Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Fields |
Biochemistry Biophysics |
| Institutions |
University of California, Los Angeles[1] (1976-1977) University of California San Francisco[1] (1986-present) |
| Alma mater |
Columbia College[1] (B.A., 1970, Biology) Columbia University[1] (Ph.D, 1973, Biochemistry) |
| Notable awards | American Cancer Society Career Development Award (1978) |
Thomas Bill Kornberg is an American biochemist who was the first person to purify and characterise DNA polymerase II and DNA polymerase III.[2][3] He is currently a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and is working on Drosophila melanogaster development.
Kornberg's 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.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Thomas Kornberg, PhD". UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Kornberg T, Gefter ML (10 September 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. Bibcode:1971PNAS...68..761K. doi:10.1073/pnas.68.4.761. PMC 389037
. PMID 4927672.
Bibliography
- Kornberg T (2002). "Another arrow in the Drosophila quiver". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (15): 9607–8. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.9607K. doi:10.1073/pnas.172377099. PMC 124942. 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. Bibcode:1981PNAS...78.1095K. doi:10.1073/pnas.78.2.1095. PMC 319953. PMID 6821526.
External links
- Kornberg lab at UCSF
- Thomas Kornberg and Emanuel Ax: Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, 1st movement
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