Chemist no. 184 of 350 · Biochemistry
Avram Hershko
1937-IsraelNobel Chemistry 2004
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
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Avram Hershko and ATP-Dependent Proteolysis: The Logic of Controlled Destruction
How Avram Hershko explained ATP-dependent protein breakdown, polyubiquitin chains and cyclin destruction. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 explained for students.
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Avram Hershko: The Survivor Who Explained How Cells Destroy Proteins
Life of Avram Hershko, Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Holocaust survivor who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the ubiquitin system.
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Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.
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- Gordon Tomkinspostdoc
- Students