Sutherland, Earl Wilbur, Jr

1915–1974 American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered cyclic AMP.

Keywords: glycogen; adrenaline (epinephrine); cyclic AMP

 Further Reading
    book Sutherland EW (ed.) (1971) Cyclic AMP. New York: Academic Press.
    book Sutherland EW (1992) Nobel Lectures Physiology or Medicine 1971–1980, pp. 2–22. Singapore: World Scientific.
    book Cooper DY (1999) "Sutherland EW, Jr". In: Garraty JA and Carnes MC (eds) American National Biography, vol. 21, pp. 162–163. New York: Oxford University Press
    Cori C (1978) Sutherland EW, Jr. Biographical Memoirs – National Academy of Sciences 49: 319–350.
    book Roth J (1988) "Receptors: birth, eclipse, and rediscovery". In: McCann SM (ed.) Endocrinology: People and Ideas, pp. 369–396. Bethesda, MD: American Psychological Society.
    book Sherman L (1990) "Sutherland EW, Jr". In: Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) Nobel Laureates in Medicine and Physiology, pp. 509–513. New York: Garland.
    book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1026–1028. New York: HW Wilson.
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Brock, WH(Apr 2001) Sutherland, Earl Wilbur, Jr. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002924]