Edward L. Tatum

Research.com Recognitions

• 1958 - Nobel Prize for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events
• 1954 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1952 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Genetic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora

  G. W. Beadle;E. L. Tatum

  1699
  Citations

• NEUROSPORA. II. METHODS OF PRODUCING AND DETECTING MUTATIONS CONCERNED WITH NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

  G. W. Beadle;E. L. Tatum

  793
  Citations

• Effect of actinomycin D on cellular nucleic acid synthesis and virus production.

  E. Reich;R. M. Franklin;A. J. Shatkin;E. L. Tatum

  781
  Citations

• Gene Recombination in Escherichia coli

  Joshua Lederberg;Edward L. Tatum

  747
  Citations

• ACTION OF ACTINOMYCIN DON ANIMAL CELLS AND VIRUSE

  E. Reich;R. M. Franklin;A. J. Shatkin;E. L. Tatum

  644
  Citations

• THE TUBE METHOD OF MEASURING THE GROWTH RATE OF NEUROSPORA

  Francis J. Ryan;G. W. Beadle;E. L. Tatum

  549
  Citations

• Gene Recombination in the Bacterium Escherichia coli.

  Edward L. Tatum;Joshua Lederberg

  389
  Citations

• Relationship of the Major Constituents of the Neurospora crassa Cell Wall to Wild-Type and Colonial Morphology

  P. R. Mahadevan;E. L. Tatum

  273
  Citations

• FOOD LEVEL IN RELATION TO RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND EYE PIGMENTATION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

  G. W. Beadle;Edward L. Tatum;C. W. Clancy

  240
  Citations

• Chemical Induction of Colonial Paramorphs in Neurospora and Syncephalastrum

  E. L. Tatum;R. W. Barratt;V. M. Cutter

  234
  Citations

• NOVEL GENOTYPES IN MIXED CULTURES OF BIOCHEMICAL MUTANTS OF BACTERIA

  Joshua Lederberg;Edward L. Tatum

  224
  Citations

• POTASSIUM TRANSPORT IN NEUROSPORA. I. INTRACELLULAR SODIUM AND POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS, AND CATION REQUIREMENTS FOR GROWTH.

  Carolyn W. Slayman;E.L. Tatum

  200
  Citations

• Bacteriocidal action of mitomycin C.

  E. Reich;A.J. Shatkin;E.L. Tatum

  199
  Citations

• X-Ray Induced Growth Factor Requirements in Bacteria.

  C. H. Gray;E. L. Tatum

  172
  Citations

• Effect of mitomycin C on mammalian cells in culture

  A.J. Shatkin;E. Reich;R.M. Franklin;E.L. Tatum

  158
  Citations

• INDUCED BIOCHEMICAL MUTATIONS IN BACTERIA

  E. L. Tatum

  155
  Citations

• Biochemical Mutant Strains of Neurospora Produced by Physical and Chemical Treatment

  E. L. Tatum;R. W. Barratt;Nils Fries;David Bonner

  155
  Citations

• Molecular biology, nucleic acids, and the future of medicine.

  Tatum El

  148
  Citations

• Indole and Serine in the Biosynthesis and Breakdown of Tryptophane.

  E. L. Tatum;David Bonner

  144
  Citations

• Genic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora

  N. H. Horowitz;David Bonner;H. K. Mitchell;E. L. Tatum

  71
  Citations