Olke C. Uhlenbeck

Olke C. Uhlenbeck
O. C. Uhlenbeck
Residence USA
Citizenship American
Fields Biochemistry
Biophysics
Institutions University of Illinois
University of Colorado
Northwestern University
Alma mater University of Michigan
Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Paul Doty
Known for RNA synthesis from synthetic templates, RNA protein interactions, RNA Biochemistry
Notes
His father was the famous Physicist George Eugene Uhlenbeck.

Olke C. Uhlenbeck is a biochemist presently at Northwestern University.[1] He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1993 [2] and has published over 200 peer reviewed articles.[3] His research group has led to many breakthroughs in RNA biochemistry, most notably the enzymatic synthesis of RNAs from synthetic DNA templates using T7 RNA polymerase.[4]

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Early Contributions

As a graduate student in Paul Doty's lab, Olke showed that the anticodon of tRNA was accessible to hybridization to oligonucleotides.[5] Later, as a postdoc in Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.'s lab he helped define an original model for RNA secondary structure prediction.[6]

Contributions from the Uhlenbeck Lab

Olke is a longstanding contributor to RNA biochemistry. His group has shown many important findings as well as developed important tools for RNA biochemists. Notable contributions include:

See also

List of RNA biologists

References

  1. ^ "Northwestern University Department of Molecular Biosciences The Uhlenbeck Lab Home". Biochem.northwestern.edu. http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/uhlenbeck/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  2. ^ "National Academy of Sciences:". Nasonline.org. http://www.nasonline.org/site/Dir?sid=1011&view=basic&pg=srch. Retrieved 2011-03-02. [not in citation given]
  3. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Uhlenbeck%20OC%22%5BAuthor%5D
  4. ^ Milligan, John F.; Groebe, Duncan R.; Witherell, Gary W.; Uhlenbeck, Olke C. (1987). "Oligoribonucleotide synthesis using T7 RNA polymerase and synthetic DNA templates". Nucleic Acids Research 15 (21): 8783–98. doi:10.1093/nar/15.21.8783. PMC 306405. PMID 3684574. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=306405. [non-primary source needed]
  5. ^ Uhlenbeck, Olke C.; Baller, Julie; Doty, Paul (1970). "Complementary Oligonucleotide Binding to the Anticodon Loop of fMet-transfer RNA". Nature 225 (5232): 508–10. doi:10.1038/225508a0. PMID 5411856. [non-primary source needed]
  6. ^ Tinoco, Ignacio; Uhlenbeck, Olke C.; Levine, Mark D. (1971). "Estimation of Secondary Structure in Ribonucleic Acids". Nature 230 (5293): 362–7. doi:10.1038/230362a0. PMID 4927725. [non-primary source needed]

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