Robert Henry Symons. 20 March 1934 — 4 October 2006

Bob Symons died in Adelaide on 4 October 2006 after a long illness. He was distinguished through his contributions to our knowledge of the structure, function and replication of plant viruses, viroids and virusoids. His research culminated in the discovery of the hammer head folding of the RNA chain...

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Published inBiographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society Vol. 54; pp. 383 - 400
Main Authors Rogers, George E., Elliott, William H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Royal Society 12.12.2008
Subjects
Biochemistry
Molecular biology
Molecules
Nucleic acids
Nucleotides
Plant viruses
RNA
Viroids
Virology
Viruses
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Summary:Bob Symons died in Adelaide on 4 October 2006 after a long illness. He was distinguished through his contributions to our knowledge of the structure, function and replication of plant viruses, viroids and virusoids. His research culminated in the discovery of the hammer head folding of the RNA chain and its role as a ribozyme in self–cleavage of the RNA in some of these plant pathogens. He was a leader in his field and was responsible for commercial applications of his research and the establishment in Adelaide of the first Australian company to produce and market molecular biologicals for research.
ISSN:0080-4606
1748-8494
DOI:10.1098/rsbm.2008.0012