2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
His main research concerns Biochemistry, Ubiquitin, N-end rule, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Cell biology. Biochemistry is represented through his Protein degradation, Mutant, Arginine, DNA and Degron research. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Protein structure and Cell cycle.
His studies deal with areas such as Lysine, Proteolysis, Peptide sequence, Cysteine and Arginyltransferase as well as N-end rule. Alexander Varshavsky has included themes like Amino acid, Gene product and Dihydrofolate reductase in his Saccharomyces cerevisiae study. His work deals with themes such as Molecular biology, HSPA2 and Ribosomal protein, which intersect with Cell biology.
Alexander Varshavsky mainly focuses on Biochemistry, Ubiquitin, N-end rule, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Ubiquitin ligase. His study in Protein degradation, Proteolysis, Amino acid, Degron and Peptide sequence falls within the category of Biochemistry. The various areas that he examines in his Ubiquitin study include Proteases, Cell biology, Proteasome and Protein subunit.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Molecular biology and Arginine, Arginyltransferase, Protein arginylation in addition to N-end rule. His studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae integrate themes in fields like Gene product and Mutant. His Ubiquitin ligase research incorporates themes from Deubiquitinating enzyme and Ribosome.
Alexander Varshavsky mostly deals with N-end rule, Biochemistry, Ubiquitin, Degron and Ubiquitin ligase. His research integrates issues of Amino acid, Methionine, Molecular biology, Cell biology and Arginyltransferase in his study of N-end rule. His study in Proteolysis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Protein degradation, Protein subunit and Acetylation is carried out as part of his studies in Biochemistry.
His Ubiquitin research includes elements of Johanson–Blizzard syndrome, Frameshift mutation, Proteasome, DNA repair and Deamidation. His Degron research integrates issues from Membrane, Transcription factor, Ribosome and Cytosol. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including RGS Proteins, RGS2, Endoplasmic reticulum, Membrane protein and Gq alpha subunit.
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in N-end rule, Biochemistry, Ubiquitin ligase, Proteolysis and Ubiquitin. His N-end rule research incorporates elements of Protein degradation, Cell biology, Protein subunit, Sequence motif and Peptide sequence. His Protein degradation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Autophagy, Amino acid, Genetic code, Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme and Computational biology.
His studies deal with areas such as Protein kinase C, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase as well as Sequence motif. Alexander Varshavsky focuses mostly in the field of Ubiquitin ligase, narrowing it down to topics relating to Acetylation and, in certain cases, Methionine, Protein folding, Protein Sorting Signals and Ribosome. As a member of one scientific family, Alexander Varshavsky mostly works in the field of Ubiquitin, focusing on Proteasome and, on occasion, Intracellular, Proteases and Proteotoxicity.
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In Vivo Half-Life of a Protein is a Function of its Amino-Terminal Residue
Andreas Bachmair;Daniel Finley;Alexander Varshavsky.
Science (1986)
A multiubiquitin chain is confined to specific lysine in a targeted short-lived protein.
Vincent Chau;John W. Tobias;Andreas Bachmair;Andreas Bachmair;David Marriott.
Science (1989)
The N-end rule: functions, mysteries, uses
Alexander Varshavsky.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1996)
A proteolytic pathway that recognizes ubiquitin as a degradation signal.
Erica S. Johnson;Philip C.M. Ma;Irene M. Ota;Alexander Varshavsky.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1995)
The yeast polyubiquitin gene is essential for resistance to high temperatures, starvation, and other stresses
Daniel Finley;Engin Özkaynak;Alexander Varshavsky.
Cell (1987)
Split ubiquitin as a sensor of protein interactions in vivo
Nils Johnsson;Alexander Varshavsky.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1994)
The yeast DNA repair gene RAD6 encodes a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme
Stefan Jentsch;John P. McGrath;Alexander Varshavsky.
Nature (1987)
The tails of ubiquitin precursors are ribosomal proteins whose fusion to ubiquitin facilitates ribosome biogenesis.
Daniel Finley;Bonnie Bartel;Alexander Varshavsky.
Nature (1989)
Basic Medical Research Award. The ubiquitin system.
Avram Hershko;Aaron Ciechanover;Alexander Varshavsky.
Nature Medicine (2000)
The ubiquitin system
Alexander Varshavsky.
Trends in Biochemical Sciences (1997)
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