The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004
Photo: D. Porges
Aaron Ciechanover
Prize share: 1/3
Photo: D. Porges
Avram Hershko
Prize share: 1/3
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Irwin Rose
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 was awarded jointly to Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation."
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