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Robert W. Holley

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American biochemist (1922-1993)

United StatesScientistsLived 1922 to 1993 · aged 71
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Robert William Holley was an American biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for describing the structure of alanine transfer RNA, linking DNA and protein synthesis.

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Awards 4

1968Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1967NAS Award in Molecular Biology
1965Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Guggenheim Fellowship

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1993 · aged 71
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31 languages

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