The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1992

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1992

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1992 jointly to Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism.

Professors Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle, U S A

Contents:
Introduction » Breakdown of glycogen to glucose » Proteins are the tools of the living organism » Reversible protein phosphorylation regulates most aspects of cell life » Activation of the immune system »
These pages are based on material from the 1992 Physiology or Medicine Nobel Poster. Credits and references for the poster »