Just for the fun of it : [autobiographical sketch] : typescript (photocopy), [19--].

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Just for the fun of it : [autobiographical sketch] : typescript (photocopy), [19--].

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Northrop describes his career leading up to the research on enzyme crystallization and chemical study of protein-splitting enzymes for which he shared the Nobel Prize, and later research on bacterial viruses. He focuses on detailed descriptions of numerous experiments with enzymes, bacteria, and proteins. Also includes commentary on his childhood and family, early travels, education at Columbia University, and work at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton University, and University of California, Berkeley.

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