Northrop, John Howard

WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002891

1891–1987 American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who prepared enzymes and virus proteins in pure form.

Keywords: enzymes; pepsin; virus proteins

 Further Reading
    book Northrop JH (1939) Crystalline Enzymes. New York: Columbia University Press. [Second edition 1948]
    book Northrop JH (1949) The Chemistry and Physiology of Growth. New York: Columbia University Press.
    book Northrop JH (1964) The preparation of pure enzymes and virus proteins. In: Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1942–1962, pp. 124–136. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
    book Costa AB (1993) "John Howard Northrop". In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992, pp. 294–299. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
    book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 772–773. New York: HW Wilson.

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Brock, WH(Apr 2001) Northrop, John Howard. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002891]