Dexter B Northrop
Emeritus
Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
United States of America
Biography
Dexter received his BA degree (1962) in chemistry from St. Olaf College and his PhD degree (1969) in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University. For two years he was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow, first at Harvard University and then at the University of Wisconsin. He joined the faculty of the School of Pharmacy in 1971. Research interest includes enzymology, with an emphasis on kinetics and reaction mechanisms.
Research Interest
Professional Interests: Enzymology, with an emphasis on kinetics and reaction mechanisms
Publications
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Effect of Pressure on Nucleotide Binding to Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Kidman, G., Northrop, D.B., Protein and Peptide Letters 12, 495-497 (2005).
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Effects of Pressure on Deuterium Isotope Effects of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase Using Alternative Substrates, Park, H., Kidman, G., Northrop, D.B., Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 433, 335-340 (2005).
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H. Park, G.G. Girdaukas, D.B. Northrop, &;Effects of Pressure on a Heavy-Atom Isotope Effect of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 1868-1872 (2006).
