Krebs, Edwin (Gerhard)

Krebs, Edwin (Gerhard)
born June 6, 1918, Lansing, Iowa, U.S.

U.S. biochemist.

He received his medical degree from Washington University. With Edmond H. Fischer (b. 1920), he won a 1992 Nobel Prize for the discovery of reversible protein phosphorylation, a biochemical process that regulates the activities of proteins in cells and governs countless processes necessary for life. Errors in protein phosphorylation have been implicated in such diseases as diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer disease.

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  • Krebs, Edwin Gerhard — ▪ American biochemist born June 6, 1918, Lansing, Iowa, U.S.       American biochemist, winner with Edmond H. Fischer (Fischer, Edmond H.) of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. They discovered reversible protein phosphorylation, a… …   Universalium

  • Krebs , Edwin Gerhard — (1918–) American biochemist Born in Lansing, Iowa, Krebs was educated at the University of Illinois and Washington University, Seattle, gaining his MD in 1943. For the following two years he worked as an intern and assistant resident at Barnes… …   Scientists

  • Krebs, Edwin (Gerhard) — (n. 6 jun. 1918, Lansing, Iowa, EE.UU.). Bioquímico estadounidense. Se tituló de médico en la Universidad Washington. En 1992 compartió el Premio Nobel con Edmond H. Fischer (n. 1920) por el descubrimiento de la fosforilación reversible de las… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Edwin Gerhard Krebs — (* 6. Juni 1918 in Lansing, Iowa; † 21. Dezember 2009 in Seattle, Washington) war ein US amerikanischer Biochemiker. Krebs studierte seit dem Jahr 1936 Medizin und Chemie an der University of Illinois und an der Washington University in St. Louis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Medizinnobelpreis 1992: Edmond Henri Fisher — Edwin Gerhard Krebs —   Die beiden Amerikaner erhielten den Nobelpreis für die Entdeckung der Mechanismen, die die Stoffwechselvorgänge in Organismen steuern.    Biografien   Edmond Henri Fischer, * Schanghai (China) 6. 4. 1920; 1944 Abschluss des Chemie und… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Edwin G. Krebs — Edwin Gerhard Krebs (* 6. Juni 1918 in Lansing (am Mississippi River), Iowa, USA) ist ein US amerikanischer Biochemiker. Krebs studierte seit dem Jahr 1936 Medizin und Chemie an der University of Illinois und an der Washington University in St.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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