1905–1993 Spanish-born American biochemist and Nobel prize winner who synthesized RNA.
Keywords: RNA; DNA; phosphate bonds; glyoxalase; TPN
Ochoa, Severo
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002892
| Further Reading | |
| Ochoa S (1955) Enzymatic synthesis of nucleic acid like polynucleotides. Science 122: 907–910. | |
| book Ochoa S (1964) Enzymatic synthesis of RNA. Nobel lectures Physiology or medicine 1942–1962, pp. 639–664. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| book Ochoa S (1964) Macromolecules: Biosynthesis and Function. New York: Academic Press. | |
| Ochoa S (1980) The pursuit of a hobby. Annual Review of Biochemistry 48: 1–30. | |
| book Ochoa S (1985) Viruses, Oncogenes, and Cancer. New York: Karger. | |
| Grunberg-Manago M (1997) Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 43: 351–365. | |
| book Kornberg A and Horecker BL (1976) Reflections on Biochemistry in Honour of Severo Ochoa. Oxford: Pergamon Press. | |
| book Rudavsky S (1998) "Severo Ochoa". In: Krapp KM (ed.) Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, pp. 337–339. Detroit: Gale Research. | |
| book Sourkes TL (1967) Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine and Physiology 1901–1965, pp. 369–378. New York: Abelard-Schumann. | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 773–774. New York: HW Wilson. | |
