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Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist (1940–2018)

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Thomas A. Steitz was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, the molecular machine in cells that makes proteins. His work helped scientists understand at the atomic level how cells build the proteins necessary for life, which has implications for medicine and biology.

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Born: 1940-08-23
Died: 2018-10-09
Works: 3

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Structural Insights into Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis
Harvey Lectures Series 93, 1997-1998
Structural studies of protein-nucleic acid interaction

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Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,293x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x

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Thomas Arthur Steitz (August 23, 1940 – October 9, 2018) was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome.

Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". Steitz also won the Gairdner International Award in 2007 "for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase (EC 2.3.2.12) was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics".