Moore, Stanford

1913–1982 American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who automated techniques for amino acid analysis.

Keywords: ribonuclease; amino acid sequencing; William Howard Stein

 Further Reading
    Moore S and Stein WH (1973) Chemical structures of pancreatic ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease. Science 180: 458–464.
    Moore S (1987) WH Stein. Biographical Memoirs – National Academy of Sciences 56: 415–442.
    book Carey CW Jr (1999) "Stanford Moore". In: Garraty JA and Carnes MC (eds) American National Biography, vol. 15, pp. 781–782. New York: Oxford University Press.
    book Husic HD (1993) "Stanford Moore". In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 538–545. Washington: American Chemical Society.
    book Magill FN (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners Chemistry, vol. 3, pp. 897–909. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
    book Smith EL (1990) "William Howard Stein". In: Holmes FL (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 18, pp. 851–855. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Smith EL and Hirs CHW (1987) Stanford Moore. Biographical Memoirs – National Academy of Sciences 56: 355–386.
    book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 729–731. New York: HW Wilson.
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Brock, WH(Apr 2001) Moore, Stanford. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002880]