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Encyclopedia > Aaron Ciechanover

Aaron Ciechanover (אהרון צ'חנובר) (born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist. In 2000 he received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. Along with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is awarded by the Lasker Foundation for the understanding, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and cure of disease. ... Avram Hershko (born December 31, 1937) is an Israeli biologist. ... Irwin A. Rose (born 16 July 1926 in NY) is an American biologist. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ... Ubiquitin is a very conserved small regulatory protein that is ubiquitous in eukaryotes. ... Proteolysis is the directed degradation (digestion) of proteins by cellular enzymes called proteases or by intramolecular digestion. ...


Born in Haifa, Israel, he received his Master of Science in 1971 and his M.D. in 1974 from the Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his doctorate in medicine in 1982 from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), in Haifa. He is currently a Professor in the Unit of Biochemistry and Director of the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in Medical Sciences at the Technion. Hebrew חֵיפָה Arabic حَيْفَا Founded in 3rd century CE Government City District Haifa Population 267,000 1,039,000 (metropolitan area) Jurisdiction 63,666 dunams (63. ... Hadassah Medical Center (‎) includes two University hospitals at Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Israel, as well as schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacology affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and outpatient clinics at Bikur Holim Hospital and the Malha Technology Centre, as well as in Tel... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון - מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ...


His family came to Israel from Poland (a city of Ciechanów- see his surname) before the second World War. Ciechanów coat of arms Ciechanów (pronounced (IPA): [tÉ•exanuv]) is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (2002). ...


References

  • Hershko, A., Ciechanover, A., and Rose, I.A. (1979) "Resolution of the ATP-dependent proteolytic system from reticulocytes: A component that interacts with ATP". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76, pp. 3107-3110.
  • Hershko, A., Ciechanover, A., Heller, H., Haas, A.L., and Rose I.A. (1980) "Proposed role of ATP in protein breakdown: Conjugation of proteins with multiple chains of the polypeptide of ATP-dependent proteolysis". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77, pp. 1783-1786.

External links

  • Nobel citation
  • Website at the Technion
  • Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko 2004 Nobel in Chemistry - A web article

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Aaron Ciechanover (366 words)
Aaron Ciechanover was born in 1947, in Haifa, Israel.
Ciechanover is Professor at the Unit of Biochemistry and Director of the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in Medical Sciences at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa, Israel.
Hershko, A., Ciechanover, A., Heller, H., Haas, A. L., and Rose, I. (1980) Proposed role of ATP in protein breakdown: conjugation of proteins with multiple chains of the polypeptide of ATP - dependent proteolysis.
Aaron Ciechanover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (237 words)
Aaron Ciechanover (אהרון צ'חנובר) (born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist with Polish-Jewish roots.
Hershko, A., Ciechanover, A., and Rose, I.A. (1979) "Resolution of the ATP-dependent proteolytic system from reticulocytes: A component that interacts with ATP".
Hershko, A., Ciechanover, A., Heller, H., Haas, A.L., and Rose I.A. (1980) "Proposed role of ATP in protein breakdown: Conjugation of proteins with multiple chains of the polypeptide of ATP-dependent proteolysis".
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