sir hans adolf krebs

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Definition of sir hans adolf krebs in English English dictionary

born Aug. 25, 1900, Hildesheim, Ger. died Nov. 22, 1981, Oxford, Eng. German-born British biochemist. He fled Nazi Germany for England in 1933, where he taught at the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford. He was the first to describe the urea cycle (1932). He and Fritz Lipmann (1899-1986) received a 1953 Nobel Prize for their discovery in living organisms of the series of chemical reactions known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle (also called the citric acid cycle or Krebs cycle), a discovery of vital importance to a basic understanding of cell metabolism and molecular biology

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Hans Adolf Krebs

{i} (1900-1981), German-born English biochemist after whom the Krebs cycle was named, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize

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sir Hans Ad·olf Krebs

Turkish pronunciation

sır hänz eydälf krebz

Pronunciation

/ˈsər ˈhanz ˈādälf ˈkrebz/ /ˈsɜr ˈhænz ˈeɪdɑːlf ˈkrɛbz/