Edward Lawrie Tatum quotes

Edward Lawrie Tatum quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.”
-- Edward Lawrie Tatum

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“In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.”
-- Edward Lawrie Tatum

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“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.”
“Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.”
“A number of current theoretical explorations will turn out to be passing fancies...”

Source : "Inward Bound : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World" by Abraham Pais, (p. 45), 1988.
“When my friends have a health concern, they call me. Ive always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.”
“It seems now clear that a belief in the functional importance of all enzymes found in bacteria is possible only to those richly endowed with Faith.”
“Be an enzyme - a catalyst for change. As a slogan, I don't know if that's ever going to be right up there with Ich Bin Ein Berliner, or â€œI Have A Dream,â€ but there's a lot of truth to it.”
“A murderer is nothing but an enzyme. In the end he does nothing but catalyze an inevitable process. As a good precursor, in fact, he anticipates it.”
“In the process of being metabolized, sugar robs your body of valuable nutrients ... Sugar also inhibits your liver's production of enzymes needed in the detoxification process.”

Source : Ann Louise Gittleman (2011). “Ultimate Fat Flush Plan and Cookbook (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.16, McGraw-Hill Professional
“I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool.”

Source : "Top 10 Allen West lines" by Mackenzie Weinger, www.politico.com. April 6, 2012.
“And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.”

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