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Science Librarians Analysis of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Work of Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka
Science & Technology Libraries (2013)
  • Ellen E Lutz
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Abstract
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two researchers to honor their work studying a family of receptors in the body now known as G protein-coupled receptors. The research of Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka not only helped confirm the existence of these important receptors but also shed light on their structure and function. Increased knowledge of how G protein-coupled receptors work allows drug therapies to become more targeted and, thus, more effective.
Keywords
  • Robert Lefkowitz,
  • Brian Kobilka,
  • G protein-coupled receptors,
  • GPCRs,
  • beta-adrenergic receptor,
  • seven-transmembrane receptors,
  • 7TM receptors,
  • Nobel Prize
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Publication Date
March, 2013
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2012.758507
Citation Information
Ellen E Lutz. "Science Librarians Analysis of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Work of Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka" Science & Technology Libraries Vol. 32 Iss. 1 (2013) p. 19 - 29 ISSN: 1541-1109
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ellen_lutz/4/