The ribosome goes Nobel

Trends Biochem Sci. 2010 Jan;35(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2009.11.003. Epub 2009 Dec 2.

Abstract

The award of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Ada E. Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz honors their breakthrough achievement in determining the atomic structure of the ribosome.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Archaea / chemistry
  • Archaea / cytology
  • Bacteria / chemistry
  • Bacteria / cytology
  • Chemistry / history*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Eukaryotic Cells / chemistry
  • Eukaryotic Cells / cytology
  • History, 21st Century
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nobel Prize*
  • Ribosomes / chemistry*