Johan Stenflo

Johan Stenflo (born 1940) is a Swedish chemist and teacher. He received his M.D. in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1973 at Lund University, where he later became a professor of clinical chemistry.^[1] In 1985, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.^[2] He is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[3] In 1975, he published a classic paper^[1] on the biosynthesis of prothrombin.^[4]

His doctoral students include Björn Dahlbäck.

References

1. Kresge N, Simoni RD, Hill RL (May 2009). "The Finding That Prothrombin Contains γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid: the Work of Johan Stenflo". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284 (18): e1.
2. "Johan Stenflo: Professor, Swedish Academy member. Elected to the Academy as a member number 1274". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
3. "Gruppe 7: Medisinske fag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
4. Fernlund P, Stenflo J, Roepstorff P, Thomsen J (August 1975). "Vitamin K and the biosynthesis of prothrombin. V. Gamma-carboxyglutamic acids, the vitamin K-dependent structures in prothrombin". J. Biol. Chem. 250 (15): 6125–33. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)41168-X. PMID 50323.