The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
     
 

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Information on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

Scientific American nr 1/2001

The Road to the Proteasome 

The Ubiquitin System 

Ciechanover et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 77, 1365-1368, 1980

Hershko et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 77, 1783-1786, 1980

 

 

Contents:
| Introduction – Proteins that are marked for hacking into small pieces | The cell – a teeming mini-workshop | Ubiquitin | Proteins are life’s building-blocks | What proteins are marked? | Prevents self-polination | How are sex cells formed? | Further reading | Credits |
  Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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