Todd, Alexander Robertus

WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Published online: May 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002403

1907–1997 Scottish organic chemist and Nobel Prize winner who elucidated the structure of nucleotides.

Keywords: nucleosides; nucleotides; coenzymes; DNA

 Further Reading
    book Todd A (1964) "Nobel lecture". In: Nobel Lectures Chemistry 1942–62. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
    book Todd A (1983) A Time to Remember. The Autobiography of a Chemist. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    book Obituary, The Times (1997) January 15, p. 19.

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Brock, WH(May 2001) Todd, Alexander Robertus. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002403]