Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman
Sidney Altmanis a Canadian and American molecular biologist, who is the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 May 1939
CountryCanada
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