1944– American scientist who invented the polymerase chain reaction, an essential tool in molecular genetics.
Keywords: polymerase chain reaction; PCR; Cetus; Nobel Prize
Mullis, Kary B
JA Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Published online: July 2003
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003651
| Further Reading | |
| book Mullis K (1990) The unusual origin of the polymerase chain reaction. Scientific American April, 56–65. | |
| book Mullis K (1994) "PCR and scientific invention". In: Mullis K, Ferre F and Gibbs R (eds) The Polymerase Chain Reaction. Basel: Birkhauser. | |
| book Mullis K (1998) Dancing Naked in the Mind Field. New York: Pantheon Books. | |
| Mullis K, Faloona F, Scharf S et al. (1986) Amplification of DNA in vitro: the polymerase chain reaction. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology 51: 263–273. | |
| book Rabinow P (1996) Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. | |
| book Watson JD, Gilman M, Witkowski JA and Zoller M (1992) "The polymerase chain reaction". In: Recombinant DNA, 2nd edn, chap. 6. New York: WH Freeman. | |
