Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Prize share: 1/3
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Thomas A. Steitz
Prize share: 1/3
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Ada E. Yonath
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"
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