The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

Proteins are life's building-blocks

In the tiniest intestinal bacteria, in roses and toadstools, in mice and men - in all living cells - proteins answer for both form and function. Naturally, research into proteins is therefore of the greatest interest, particularly for chemists wishing to know how things function at molecular level.

	Contents: \| Introduction - Proteins that are marked for hacking into small pieces \| The cell - a teeming mini-workshop \| Ubiquitin \| Proteins are life's building-blocks \| What proteins are marked? \| Prevents self-polination \| How are sex cells formed? \| Further reading \| Credits \|
	Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences