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Arthur Kornberg, who had a life-long love affair with enzymes, died on 26 October surrounded by his family and mourned by his extended family of students and colleagues.. It is not surprising that only 2 weeks before, he had been actively summarizing decades of work on polyphosphate for a review artic
26 ott 2007 · Arthur Kornberg was the youngest son of three boys born to Joseph and Lena (nee Katz) who married in 1904 and emigrated to Brooklyn New York in 1900 from Austrian Galicia (now part of Poland). Kornberg's father could speak at least six languages but had no formal education. He was a tailor who specialised in making cloaks.
Arthur Kornberg was one of the greatest biochemists of the twentieth century. His career spanned more than 60 years, and such has been the impact of his work on modern
Kornberg, Arthur Dizionario di Medicina (2010) Kornberg, Arthur . Biologo statunitense (Brooklyn 1918 - Palo Alto, California, 2007). Prof. (1953-59) di microbiologia ...
26 ott 2007 · Arthur Kornberg took an interest in the way DNA and RNA are formed, and which enzymes steer this process. Enzymes are substances that speed up chemical processes inside organisms' cells without being consumed. By studying bacteria, Kornberg succeeded in isolating DNA polymerase in 1956–an enzyme that is active in the formation of DNA.
3 gen 2008 · Discovered DNA polymerase, the enzyme that switches on DNA replication Arthur Kornberg, a prolific researcher who described his career as a “love affair with enzymes,” discovered DNA polymerase, an enzyme critical to DNA replication. For his discovery, Kornberg shared the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Severo Ochoa, who discovered RNA polymerase. Kornberg’s discovery ...
30 nov 2007 · Arthur Kornberg, one of the most distinguished and influential biochemists of his generation, died October 26. He was 89 years old, and until the end he remained fascinated with basic biochemical research. This year saw three papers from his lab describing advances in the field of polyphosphate metabolism, which had been his main research interest in the last 15 years.
