Stein, William Howard

1911–1980 American biochemist who automated techniques for amino acid analysis.

Keywords: analysis; amino acids; elastin; ribonuclease; deoxyribonuclease

 Further Reading
    Moore S and Stein WH (1951) Chromatography of amino acids on sulfonated polystyrene resins. Journal of Biological Chemistry 192: 663–681.
    Moore S and Stein WH (1973) Chemical structures of pancreatic ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease. Science 180: 458–464.
    book Husic HD (1993) "William Stein". In: James LK (ed.) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, pp. 546–550. Philadelphia: American Chemical Society.
    book Magill FN (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners Chemistry, vol. 3, pp. 897–907. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
    Moore S (1987) William H Stein. Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Science 56: 415–442.
    book Smith EL (1990) "Stein, William Howard". In: Holmes FL (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 18, pp. 851–855. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1008–1009. New York: HW Wilson.
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Brock, WH(Apr 2001) Stein, William Howard. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002920]