Chemist no. 183 of 350 · Biochemistry

Aaron Ciechanover

1947-IsraelNobel Chemistry 2004

Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

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The discovery, explained

Aaron Ciechanover and the Ubiquitin Tag: The Kiss of Death for Proteins

How Aaron Ciechanover's test-tube experiments revealed ATP-dependent ubiquitin tagging of proteins, a path to the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Biography

Aaron Ciechanover: A Doctor Who Became a Protein Chemist

Life of Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli physician and biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.

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