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NOBEL LECTURE: Protein Synthesis, Proteolysis, and Cell Cycle Transitions

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The discovery of the role(s) of protein synthesis and degradation in the operation of the cell cycle is described.

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Hunt, T. NOBEL LECTURE: Protein Synthesis, Proteolysis, and Cell Cycle Transitions. Biosci Rep 22, 465–486 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022077317801

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