Howard Martin Temin ( December 10, 1934 , Philadelphia - February 9, 1994 , Madison ) - American geneticist , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 (together with David Baltimore and Renato Dulbecco ) "for discoveries concerning interactions between oncogenic viruses and the genetic material of the cell . "
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| Date of Birth | December 10, 1934 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia , PA , USA |
| Date of death | February 9, 1994 (59 years old) |
| A place of death | Madison , Wisconsin , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | genetics |
| Place of work | University of Wisconsin at Madison (1960-1994) |
| Alma mater | Sworthmore College California Institute of Technology |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1975 ) |
The younger brother is economist Peter Temin .
Content
- 1 reverse transcriptase
- 2 Awards and recognition
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Reverse Transcriptase
Reverse transcriptase was discovered by Howard Temin at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, [1] and independently by David Baltimore in 1970 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . [2] Both researchers received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 in conjunction with Renato Dulbecco .
Awards and recognition
- (1972)
- (1973)
- Albert Lasker Prize for Basic Medical Research (1974)
- Geirdner International Award (1974)
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
- (1988)
Notes
- ↑ Temin HM, Mizutani S. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of Rous sarcoma virus (Eng.) // Nature. - 1970 .-- June ( vol. 226 , no. 5252 ). - P. 1211-1213 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 2261211a0 . - PMID 4316301 .
- ↑ Baltimore D. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumor viruses (Eng.) // Nature: journal. - 1970 .-- June ( vol. 226 , no. 5252 ). - P. 1209-1211 . - DOI : 10.1038 / 2261209a0 . - PMID 4316300 .
Links
- Howard Temin's autobiography on the Nobel Committee website .
- Howard Temin's Nobel Lecture .
- Howard Temin's obituary on the Lasker Foundation website.