Avram Hershko

Nobel Lecture

The Ubiquitin System for Protein Degradation and some of its Roles in the Control of the Cell Division Cycle

Avram Hershko held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2004, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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Avram Hershko held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2004, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was presented by Professor Håkan Wennerström, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2004, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2005

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