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This accession consists of published materials, correspondence, and related documents generated by William H. McClain, Halvorson Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, in his effort to credit Sidney Altman with the discovery of the enzymatic activity of bacterial ribonuclease P (RNase P) that resulted in his receipt of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The 2012-M-045 addition to the Sidney Altman papers consists of edited manuscripts, research data, and correspondence arranged into three sections: Collaborative Research, Patents, and Topical Files. The Collaborative Research section is arranged by the last name of the collaborator with Dr. Altman; the Patents section is arranged by general files and then alphabetically by country; the Topical Files section is arranged alphabetically by topic.