Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist (1916-1995) · United States · Scientists · Died at 79
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Something wrong?He proved that a protein's shape - the fold that makes it work - is written into its sequence. The 1972 Nobel recognized the insight that function follows from chemistry alone.
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Christian B. Anfinsen, NIH portrait, 1969
33. Tagung 1983 Chemiker Christian Anfinsen - W134Nr.120814c - Willy Pragher
33. Tagung 1983 Chemiker Christian Anfinsen - W134Nr.120814e - Willy Pragher
33. Tagung 1983 Chemiker Pressekonferenz mit Linus C. Pauling, Christian Anfinsen, Dorothy Hodgkin, Walter Gilbert, Sir Derek H. R. Barton - W134Nr.120817b - Willy Pragher
Christian B. Anfinsen 1950s
Christian B. Anfinsen, Jimmy Carter
Christian B. Anfinsen, NIH portrait, 1950s
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About this person
Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr. was born March 26, 1916. His work centered on ribonuclease, a protein he used to demonstrate that amino acid sequence determines three-dimensional structure without outside instruction. That principle - later known as Anfinsen's dogma - became foundational to molecular biology. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein for the discovery. Anfinsen died May 14, 1995.
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