1916–1995 American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who related the biological activity of enzymes to amino acid sequences and their conformation.
Keywords: proteins; enzymes; ribonuclease
Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002728
| Further Reading | |
| Anfinsen CB, Sela M and Tritsch H (1956) Method for the specific proteolytic cleavage of protein chains. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 65: 156–163. | |
| book Anfinsen CB, Sela M and White FH (1959) The Molecular Basis of Evolution. New York: Wiley. | |
| Anfinsen CB (1973) Principles that govern the folding of protein chains. Science 181: 223–230. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 532–537. Washington DC: American Chemical Society. | |
| book Magill FN (ed.) (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners. Chemistry, vol. 3, pp. 885–895. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. | |
| book Mecoli-Kamp C (1998) "Christian Anfinsen". In: Krapp KM (ed.) Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, pp. 9–11. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 24–26. New York: HW Wilson. | |
