Günter Blobel(1936–2018)
MedicineGünter Blobel was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
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329
Publications
55,563
Citations
128
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282
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168.9
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Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Two distinct classes of Ran-binding sites on the nucleoporin Nup-358.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1999)
109
citations
#2
Autoproteolysis in nucleoporin biogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1999)
122
citations
#3
Characterization of the Wtm proteins, a novel family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptional modulators with roles in meiotic regulation and silencing
Molecular and Cellular Biology(1997)
29
citations
#4
Karyopherin beta2 mediates nuclear import of a mRNA binding protein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1997)
171
citations
#5
mRNA binding protein mrnp 41 localizes to both nucleus and cytoplasm.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1997)
94
citations
#6
A consensus nomenclature for the protein-import components of the chloroplast envelope.
Trends in Cell Biology(1997)
151
citations
#7
Nuclear protein import: Ran-GTP dissociates the karyopherin alphabeta heterodimer by displacing alpha from an overlapping binding site on beta.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1996)
110
citations
#8
Critical role of reverse transcriptase in the inhibitory mechanism of CNI-H0294 on HIV-1 nuclear translocation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1996)
30
citations
#9
Interaction of the protein import and folding machineries of the chloroplast.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1996)
235
citations
#10
Mammalian karyopherin alpha 1 beta and alpha 2 beta heterodimers: alpha 1 or alpha 2 subunit binds nuclear localization signal and beta subunit interacts with peptide repeat-containing nucleoporins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(1995)
259
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksTwo distinct classes of Ran-binding sites on the nucleoporin Nup-358.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1999
109citations
Open AccessAutoproteolysis in nucleoporin biogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1999
122citations
Open AccessCharacterization of the Wtm proteins, a novel family of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptional modulators with roles in meiotic regulation and silencing
Molecular and Cellular Biology1997
29citations
Open AccessKaryopherin beta2 mediates nuclear import of a mRNA binding protein.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1997
171citations
Open AccessmRNA binding protein mrnp 41 localizes to both nucleus and cytoplasm.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1997
94citations
Open AccessA consensus nomenclature for the protein-import components of the chloroplast envelope.
Trends in Cell Biology1997
151citations
Nuclear protein import: Ran-GTP dissociates the karyopherin alphabeta heterodimer by displacing alpha from an overlapping binding site on beta.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996
110citations
Open AccessCritical role of reverse transcriptase in the inhibitory mechanism of CNI-H0294 on HIV-1 nuclear translocation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996
30citations
Open AccessInteraction of the protein import and folding machineries of the chloroplast.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1996
235citations
Open AccessMammalian karyopherin alpha 1 beta and alpha 2 beta heterodimers: alpha 1 or alpha 2 subunit binds nuclear localization signal and beta subunit interacts with peptide repeat-containing nucleoporins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1995
259citations
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Education
University of Tübingen
University of Freiburg
Kiel University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Goethe University Frankfurt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
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Other winners of the same award(s)
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Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Shinya Yamanaka
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
Andrew Z. Fire
Gairdner International Award (2008)
Craig C. Mello
Gairdner International Award (2008)
Sydney Brenner
Dan David Prize (2003)
James Watson
Dan David Prize (2003)
HR
H. Robert Horvitz
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2002)
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