1896–1957 Czech-born (then Austria-Hungary) American biochemist who carried out pioneering work on carbohydrate metabolism.
Keywords: glycogen; phosphorylase; carbohydrate; glycolysis; glucose
Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002390
| Further Reading | |
| Cori GT and Cori CF (1943) Crystalline muscle phosphorylase. IV. Formation of glycogen. Journal of Biological Chemistry 151: 57–63. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology. New York: Garland Publishing. | |
| Larner J (1992) Gerty Theresa Cori. Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 61: 111–135. | |
| book McGrayne SB (1993) "Gerty Radnitz Cori". Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, pp. 93–116. New York: Birch Lane Press. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York: Gale Research. | |
| book Opfell OS (1986) "Cycle of courage: Gerty Cori". The Lady Laureates: Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize, 2nd edn, pp. 213–223. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. | |
| book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Compan. | |
