1909–1975 American biochemical geneticist and Nobel Prize winner who confirmed that genes regulate specific chemical processes.
Keywords: enzymes; mutations
Tatum, Edward Lawrie
WH Brock, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002927
| Further Reading | |
| Beadle GW and Tatum EL (1941) Genetic control of biochemical reactions in Neurospora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 27: 499–506. | |
| book Tatum EL (1964) "A case history in biological research". Nobel Lectures Physiology or Medicine 1942–1962, pp. 602–614. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | |
| Beadle GW (1973) Recollections. Annual Review of Biochemistry 43: 1–13. | |
| Horowitz NH (1995) EL Tatum. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 41: 45–54. | |
| Lederberg J (1990) EL Tatum. Biographical Memoirs – National Academy of Sciences 59: 357–386. | |
| book Sourkes TL (1967) Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine and Physiology 1901–1965, pp. 352–361. New York: Abelard-Schumann. | |
| book Stott R (1990) "EL Tatum". In: Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology, pp. 517–520. New York: Garland | |
| book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 1041–1043. New York: HW Wilson. | |
