Arthur Kornberg was awarded Nobel Prize 1959 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid."
Nationality United States
Institution Stanford University, Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry
Award 1959
Discipline Physiology/Medicine
Co-recipients Severo Ochoa
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1959 in Physiology/Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid."
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