The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
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Johann Deisenhofer
Prize share: 1/3
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Robert Huber
Prize share: 1/3
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Hartmut Michel
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988 was awarded jointly to Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel "for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre."
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