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Edwin Gerhard Krebs

Nobel Prize history for Edwin Gerhard Krebs based on the award records stored in the World History Database.

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Recorded Nobel Prize awards

1 distinct award entry or entries in the World History Database.

Edwin Krebs receives the medicine prize with Edmond Fischer for elucidating reversible phosphorylation of proteins. Their investigations of metabolic enzymes revealed a general mechanism by which cells control numerous biochemical activities in response to signals.

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