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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

RICH, Alexander (1924 – 2015)

1924 – 2015

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1955 CE

#13954

The structure of collagen.

CRICK, Francis Harry Compton (1916 – 2004)
CRICK, Francis Harry Compton (1916 – 2004) RICH, Alexander (1924 – 2015)

Rich and Crick solved the structure of collagen, the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix found in the body's various connective tissues. As the main component of connective tissue, it is the most abund…

1963 CE

#13955

A multiple ribosomal structure in protein synthesis.

RICH, Alexander (1924 – 2015)
WARNER, Jonathan R.
WARNER, Jonathan R. KNOPF, Paul M.

Alexander Rich discovered polysomes, clusters of ribosomes which read one strand of mRNA simultaneously. Order of authorship in the original publication: Warner, Knopf, Rich. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at th…

1973 CE

#13956

Double helix at atomic resolution.

RICH, Alexander (1924 – 2015) ROSENBERG, John M.
SEEMAN, Nadrian C.
SEEMAN, Nadrian C. & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Rosenberg, Seeman,...Rich. This paper was the first confirmation of the double-helix structure at atomic resolution. See also: Roberta Ogilvie Day, Nadrian C. Seeman,..…