Alexander Rich: In Memoriam

Rich's biggest discoveries were left-handed Z-DNA, the tertiary structure of tRNA, and that DNA and RNA strands could pair up. His discoveries provided the groundwork for our understanding of nucleic acid structure and consequently the development of the fields of molecular biology, biotechnolo...

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Published in:Trends in biochemical sciences (Amsterdam. Regular ed.) 2015-11, Vol.40 (11), p.623-624
Main Authors: Perrigue, Patrick M., Erdmann, Volker A., Barciszewski, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
DNA
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Rich
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Summary:Rich's biggest discoveries were left-handed Z-DNA, the tertiary structure of tRNA, and that DNA and RNA strands could pair up. His discoveries provided the groundwork for our understanding of nucleic acid structure and consequently the development of the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.
ISSN:0968-0004
1362-4326
DOI:10.1016/j.tibs.2015.08.009