John C. Kendrew - Signature 06/11/1971

JOHN KENDREW. Signature: "John C. Kendrew/11 June 1971", 1¾x1 graph paper affixed in center of 5x3 card. Kendrew (1917-1997) of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, was co-recipient with colleague Max Perutz of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1962) "for their studies of the structure of globular proteins." Kendrew mapped in atomic detail, the structure of myoglobin, a protein found in muscle, the function of which is to take oxygen from hemoglobin. Fine condition. For more information contact HistoryForSale. DOCUMENT 100701