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2000, the first European Crystallography Prize

2002, the Israel Prize, for chemistry

2006, the Wolf Prize in Chemistry

2007, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

2008, L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science

2009, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Other prizes:

The Harvey Prize

The Kilby Prize

The Cotton Medal of the US Chemical Society

The Anfinsen Award of the International Protein Society

The Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich

The University of Southern California’s Massry Award and Medal

The Datta Medal of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies

The Fritz Lipmann Award of the German Biochemical Society

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University

1. A. Bashan, R. Zarivach, F. Schluenzen, I. Agmon, J. Harms, T. Auerbach, D. Baram, R. Berisio, H.
Bartels, H. A.S. Hansen, P. Fucini, D. Wilson, M. Peretz, M. Kessler and A. Yonath, Ribosomal
crystallography: peptide bond formation and its inhibition, Biopolymers, in the press (2003)
2. R. Berisio, J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, R. Zarivach, H. A.S. Hansen, P. Fucini and A. Yonath, Structural
insight into the antibiotic action of telithromycin on resistant mutants, J. Bacteriol, in the press
(2003)
3. I. Agmon, T. Auerbach, D. Baram, H. Bartels, A. Bashan, R. Berisio, P. Fucini, H.A.S. Hansen, J. Harms,
M. Kessler, M. Peretz, F. Schluenzen, A. Yonath and R. Zarivach, On peptide bond formation,
translocation, nascent protein progression and the regulatory properties of ribosomes, Eur J
Biochem, 270, 2543-2556 (2003)
4. R. Berisio, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, A. Bashan, T. Auerbach, D. Baram and A. Yonath, Structural
insight into the role of the ribosomal tunnel in cellular regulation, Nat Struct Biol, 10, 366-70 (2003)
5. E. Ben-Zeev, R. Zarivach, M. Shoham, A. Yonath and M. Eisenstein, Prediction of the structure of the
complex between the 30S ribosomal subunit and colicin E3 via weighted-geometric docking, J
Biomol Struct Dyn, 20, 669-76 (2003)
6. J. Harms, H. Bartels, F. Schluenzen, and A. Yonath, Antibiotics acting on the translational
machinery, J Cell Sci 116, 1391-93 (2003)
7. F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, F. Franceschi, H. A.S. Hansen, H. Bartels, R. Zarivach and A. Yonath,
Structural basis for the antibiotic activity of ketolides and azalides, Structure, 11, 329-38 (2003)
8. A. Bashan, I. Agmon, R. Zarivach, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, R. Berisio, H. Bartels, F. Franceschi, T.
Auerbach, H.A.S. Hansen, E. Kossoy, M. Kessler and A. Yonath, Structural basis of the ribosomal
machinery for peptide bond formation, translocation, and nascent chain progression, Mol Cell,
11, 91-102 (2003)
9. R. Zarivach, E. Ben-Zeev, N. Wu, T. Auerbach, A. Bashan, K. Jakes, K. Dickman, A. Kosmidis, F.
Schluenzen, A. Yonath, M. Eisenstein and M. Shoham, On the interaction of colicin E3 with the
ribosome, Biochemie, 447-54 (2002)
10. T. Auerbach, A. Bashan, J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, R. Zarivach, H. Bartels, I. Agmon, M. Kessler, M.
Pioletti, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Antibiotics targeting ribosomes: crystallographic studies, Curr
Drug Targets – Infectious Disorders, 2, 169-86 (2002)
11. J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, R. Zarivach, A. Bashan, H. Bartels, I. Agmon and A. Yonath, Protein
structure: experimental and theoretical aspects, FEBS Lett, 525, 176-7 (2002)
12. *A. Yonath, The search and its outcome: high-resolution structures of ribosomal particles from
mesophilic, thermophilic and halophilic bacteria at various functional states, Annu Rev Biophys
Biomol Struct, 31, 257-73 (2002)
13. A. Yonath, The Ribosome: A molecular machine with brains, Chemistry in Israel, 9, 4-12, (2002)
14. R. Zarivach, A. Bashan, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, M. Pioletti, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Initiation
and inhibition of protein biosynthesis – studies at high resolution, Curr Protein Pept Sci, 3, 55-65
(2002)
15. A. Yonath, High-resolution structures of large ribosomal subunits from mesophilic eubacteria and
halophilic archaea at various functional states, Curr Protein Pept Sci, 3, 67-78 (2002)
16. *A. Yonath, Antibiotics targeting ribosomes, ESRF highlights, 11-3 (2002)
17. A. Bashan, I. Agmon, R. Zarivach, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, M. Pioletti, H. Bartels, M. Gluehmann, H.A.
Hansen, T. Auerbach, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, High resolution structures of ribosomal
subunits: initiation, inhibition and conformational variability, Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 66,
43-56 (2001)
18. M. Gluehmann, R. Zarivach, A. Bashan, J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, H. Bartels, I. Agmon, G. Rosenblum,
M. Pioletti, T. Auerbach, H. Avila, H.A. Hansen ,F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Ribosomal
crystallography: from poorly diffracting micro-crystals to high resolution structures, Methods, 25,
292–302 (2001)
19. F. Schluenzen, R. Zarivach, J. Harms, A. Bashan, A. Tocilj, R. Albrecht, A. Yonath and F. Franceschi,
Structural basis for the interaction of antibiotics with the peptidyl transferase centre in
eubacteria, Nature, 413, 814-21 (2001)
20. J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, R. Zarivach, A. Bashan, S. Gat, I. Agmon, H. Bartels, F. Franceschi and A.
Yonath, High resolution structure of the large ribosomal subunit from a mesophilic eubacterium,
Cell, 107, 679-88 (2001) and Supplement
21. *D. Janell, A. Tocilj, I. Kolln, F. Schluenzen, M. Gluehmann, H.A. Hansen, J. Harms, A. Bashan, I.
Agmon, H. Bartels, M. Kessler, H. Bartels, S. Weinstein, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Ribosomal
crystallography and heteropolytungsates, In: “Polyoxometalate Chemistry” (M.T. Pope and A. Mueller
Eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 391-451 (2001)
22. M. Pioletti, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, R. Zarivach, M. Gluehmann, H. Avila, A. Bashan, H. Bartels, T.
Auerbach, C. Jacobi, Hartsch T, A. Yonath and F. Franceschi, Crystal structures of complexes of the
small ribosomal subunit with tetracycline, edeine and IF3, EMBO J, 20, 1829-39 (2001)
23. F. Schluenzen, A. Tocilj, R. Zarivach, J. Harms, M. Gluehmann, D. Janell, A. Bashan, H. Bartels, I.
Agmon, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Structure of functionally activated small ribosomal subunit at
3.3 A resolution, Cell, 102, 615-23 (2000)
24. H. Bartels, M. Gluehmann, D. Janell, F. Schluenzen, A. Tocilj, A. Bashan, I. Levin, H.A. Hansen, M.
Kessler, M. Pioletti, T. Auerbach, I. Agmon, W.S. Bennett, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Targeting
exposed RNA regions in crystals of the small ribosomal subunits at medium resolution, Cell Mol
Biol (Noisy-le-grand), 46, 871-82 (2000)
25. T. Auerbach, M. Pioletti, H. Avila, K. Anagnostopoulos, S.Weinstein, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath,
Genetic and biochemical manipulations of the small ribosomal subunit from Thermus
thermophilus HB8, J Biomol Struct Dyn, 17, 617-28 (2000)
26. *A. Bashan, M. Pioletti, H. Bartels, D. Janell, F. Schluenzen, M. Gluehmann, I. Levin, J. Harms, H.A.
Hansen, A. Tocilj, T. Auerbach, H. Avila, M. Simitsopoulou, M. Peretz, W.S. Bennett, I. Agmon, M.
Kessler, S. Weinstein, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Identification of selected ribosomal components
in crystallographic maps of prokaryotic ribosomal subunits at medium resolution, In: “The
Ribosome: Structure, Function, Antibiotics and Cellular Interactions” (R.A. Garrett, S.R. Douthwaite, A.
Liljas, A.T. Matheson, P.B. Moore and H.F. Noller Eds) ASM Press, Washington DC, 3, 21-33 (2000)
27. *I. Steinberger and A. Yonath, Synchrotron radiation, Tehuda, 21, 6-16 (2000)
28. *A. Yonath and F. Franceschi, Ribosomes, In: “Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology” (T. E. Creighton Ed)
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29. A. Tocilj, F. Schluenzen, H.A. Hansen, A. Bashan, D. Janell, M. Gluehmann, H. Bartels, J. Harms, I.
Agmon, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, The small ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus at 4.5 A
resolution: pattern fittings and the identification of a functional site, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 96, 14252-7 (1999)
30. S. Weinstein, W. Jahn, C. Glotz, F. Schluenzen, I. Levin, D. Janell, J. Harms, I. Kolln, H.A. Hansen, M.
Gluehmann, W.S. Bennett, H. Bartels, A. Bashan, I. Agmon, M. Kessler, M. Pioletti, H. Avila, K. Anagnostopoulos, M.
Peretz, T. Auerbach, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Metal compounds as tools for the construction and the
interpretation of medium-resolution maps of ribosomal particles, J Struct Biol, 127, 141-51 (1999)
31. F. Schluenzen, M. Gluehmann, D. Janell, I. Levin, A. Bashan, J. Harms, H. Bartels, T.Auerbach,
M.Pioletti, H.Avila, K.Anagnostopoulos, H.A. Hansen, W.S. Bennett, I. Agmon, M. Kessler, A. Tocilj, M.
Peretz, S.Weinstein, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Identification of selected components in electron
density maps of prokaryotic ribosome at 7 A resolution, J Synchrotron Radiation, 6, 928-41 (1999)
32. J. Harms, A. Tocilj, I. Levin, I. Agmon, H. Stark, I. Kolln, M. van Heel, M. Cuff, F. Schluenzen, A. Bashan,
F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Elucidating the medium-resolution structure of ribosomal particles: an interplay
between electron cryo-microscopy and X-ray crystallograhy, Structure Fold Des, 7, 931-41 (1999)
33. A. Yonath, J. Harms, H.A. Hansen, A. Bashan, F. Schluenzen, I. Levin, I. Koelln, A. Tocilj, I. Agmon, M.
Peretz, H. Bartels, W.S. Bennett, S. Krumbholz, D. Janell, S. Weinstein, T. Auerbach, H. Avila, M. Piolleti, S. Morlang
and F. Franceschi, Crystallographic studies on the ribosome, a large macromolecular assembly exhibiting
severe nonisomorphism, extreme beam sensitivity and no internal symmetry, Acta Crystallogr A, 54, 945-55
(1998)
34. S. Krumbholz, F. Schluenzen, J. Harms, H. Bartels, I. Kolln, K. Knaack, W.S. Bennett, P. Bhanumoorthy,
H.A. Hansen, N. Volkmann, A. Bashan, I. Levin, A. Tocilj and A. Yonath, Ribosomal crystallography, cryo
protectants and cooling agents, Periodicum Biologorum, 100 S2, 119-25 (1998)
35. A. Yonath and F. Franceschi, Functional universality and evolutionary diversity: insights from the
structure of the ribosome, Structure, 6, 679-84 (1998)
36. *A. Yonath, The quest for high resolution phasing for large macromolecular assemblies exhibiting
severe non-isomorphism, extreme radiation sensitivity and no internal symmetry, In: “Structure
and Dynamic of Biomolecules” (E. Feanchon et al. Ed) (1998)
37. A. Yonath and F. Franceschi, New RNA recognition features revealed in ancient ribosomal proteins,
Nat Struct Biol, 4, 3-5 (1997)
38. *I. Agmon, H. Bartels, A. Bashan, W.S. Bennett, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, N. Boeddeker, A. Dribin, M.
Eisenstein, F. Franceschi, H.A. Hansen, J. Harms, W. Jahn, S. Krumbholz, I. Levin, M. Malemud, S. Morlang, M.
Peretz, I. Sagi, F. Schluenzen, R. Sharon, J. Thygesen, N. Volkmann, V. Weinrich, S. Weinstein and A. Yonath,
Crystallography, biochemistry and genetics of halophilic and thermophilic ribosomes, In: ”Supramolecular
Structure and Function” (G. Pifat Ed) Balaban Press, Rehovot, 5, 155-85 (1997)
39. J.Thygesen, S.Krumbholz, I.Levin, A.Zaytzev-Bashan, J.Harms, H.Bartels, F.Schluenzen, H.A Hansen,
W.S.Bennett, N.Volkmann, I.Agmon, M.Eisenstein, A.Dribin, E.Maltz, I.Sagi, S.Morlang, M.Fua, F. Franceschi,
S.Weinstein, N.Boeddeker, R.Sharon, K.Anagnostopoulos, M.Peretz, M.Geva, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin & A.Yonath,
Ribosomal crystallography: from crystal growth to initial phasing, J Crystal Growth, 168, 308-23 (1996)
40. J. Thygesen, S. Weinstein, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, The suitability of multi-metal clusters for
phasing in crystallography of large macromolecular assemblies, Structure, 4, 513-8 (1996)
41. *M. Roth, E. Pebay-Peyroula, A. Zaytzev-Bashan, N. Volkmann, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, I. Agmon, F.
Franceschi, A. Lewit-Bentley and A. Yonath, On Low Resolution Phasing of Neutron Diffraction Data
Collected From Ribosomal Crystals, In: “Biol Struct and Dyn, Proceedings of the 9th Conversation
State university of USA, Albany NY” (R.H. Sarma and M.H. Sarma Eds) Adenine Press, 15-24(1996)
42. *F. Franceschi, S. Weinstein, I. Sagi, M. Peretz, V. Weinrich, S. Morlang, K. Anagnostopoulos, N.
Boeddeker, M. Geva, I. Levin, I. Agmon, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, T. Choli, P. Tsiboli, F. Schluenzen, H.A
Hansen, H. Bartels, W.S. Bennett, N. Volkmann, J. Thygesen, J. Harms, A. Zaytzev-Bashan, S.
Krumbholz, R. Sharon, A. Dribin, E. Maltz and A.Yonath, The combination of functional, genetics,
biochemical, microscopical and crystallographic studies led to initial phasing of data collected
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43. N. Volkmann, F. Schluenzen, A.G. Urzhumstev, E.A. Vernoslava, A. Podjarny, M. Roth, E. Pebay-
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44. F. Schluenzen, H.A. Hansen, J. Thygesen, W.S. Bennett, N. Volkmann, I. Levin, J. Harms, H. Bartels, A.
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Agmon, N. Boeddeker, S. Morlang, R. Sharon, A. Dribin, E. Maltz, M. Peretz, V. Weinrich and A. Yonath,
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at intermediate resolution, Biochem Cell Biol, 73, 739-49 (1995)
45. H. Bartels, W.S. Bennett, H.A. Hansen, M. Eisenstein, S. Weinstein, J. Muessig, N. Volkmann, F.
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undecagold cluster for phasing data collected from the large ribosomal subunit from Bacillus
stearothermophilus, Biopolymers (Pept Sci), 37, 411-9 (1995)
46. I. Sagi, V. Weinrich, I. Levin, C. Glotz, M. Laschever, M. Melamud, F. Franceschi, S. Weinstein and A.
Yonath, Crystallography of ribosomes: attempts at decorating the ribosomal surface, Biophys
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47. *B. Hardesty, A. Yonath, G. Kramer, O.W. Odom, M. Eisenstein, F. Franceschi and W. Kudlicki, The
conformation and path of nascent proteins in ribosomes, In: “Membrane Protein Transport” (S.S.
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48. A.J. Avila-Sakar, T.L. Guan, T. Arad, M.F. Schmid, T.W. Loke, A. Yonath, J. Piefke, F. Franceschi and
W. Chiu, Electron cryomicroscopy of Bacillus stearothermophilus 50S ribosomal subunits
crystallized on phospholipid monolayers, J Mol Biol, 239, 689-97 (1994)
49. F. Franceschi, I. Sagi, N. Boeddeker, U. Evers, E. Arndt, C. Paulke, R. Hasenbank, M. Laschever, C.
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studies on halophilic ribosomes, System Appl Microbiol, 16, 697-705 (1994)
50. U. Evers, F. Franceschi, N. Boeddeker and A. Yonath, Crystallography of halophilic ribosome: the
isolation of an internal ribonucleoprotein complex, Biophys Chem, 50, 3-16 (1994)
51. *M. Eisenstein, B. Hardesty, O.W. Odom, W. Kudlicki, G. Kramer, T. Arad, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath,
Modelling and experimental study of the progression of nascent protein in ribosomes, In:
”Supramolecular Structure and Function” (G. Pifat Ed) Balaban Press, Rehovot, 4, 213-46 (1994)
52. *Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, H.A. Hansen, S. Weinstein, M. Eisenstein, K. von Boehlen, I. Agmon, U. Evers, J.
Thygesen, N. Volkmann, H. Bartels, F. Schluenzen, A. Zaytzev-Bashan, R. Sharon, I. Levine, A. Dribin,
G. Kryger, W.S. Bennett, F. Franceschi & A. Yonath, Cryocrystallography of native and derivatized
ribosomal crystals, In: ”Synchrotron Radiation in Biosciences” (B. Chance et al. Eds) Clarendon Press,
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53. T. Choli, F. Franceschi, A. Yonath and B. Wittmann-Liebold, Isolation and characterization of a new
ribosomal protein from the thermophilic eubacteria, Thermus thermophilus, T. aquaticus and T.
flavus, Biol Chem Hoppe Seyler, 374, 377-83 (1993)
54. J. Harms, F. Schluenzen, K. von Bohlen, J. Thygesen, S. Meyer, I. Dunkel, B. Donzelmann, H.A.
Hansen, A. Zaytzev-Bashan, A. Dribin, G. Kryger, G. Thoms, N. Volkmann, H. Bartels, W.S. Bennett
and A.Yonath, The effect of cryogenic treatment on the cell dimensions of ribosomal crystals,
Joint CCP4 and ESF-EACBM Newsletters on protein cryst, 28, 26-9 (1993)
55. A. Yonath and Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, Hollows, Voids, gaps and tunnels in the ribosome, Curr Opin
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56. A. Yonath and F. Franceschi, Structural aspects of ribonucleoprotein interactions in ribosomes,
Curr Opin Struct Biol, 3, 45-49 (1993)
57. *F. Franceschi, S. Weinstein, U. Evers, E. Arndt, W. Jahn, H.A. Hansen, K. von Boehhlen, Z. Berkovitch-
Yellin, M. Eisenstein, I. Agmon, J. Thygesen, N. Volkmann, H. Bartels, F. Schluenzen, A. Zaytzev-
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Bennett and A. Yonath, Towards atomic resolution of prokaryotic ribosomes: crystallographic,
genetic and biochemical studies, In: ”The Translation Apparatus” (K.H. Nierhaus Ed) Plenum Press,
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58. S. Weinstein, W. Jahn, M. Laschever, T. Arad, W. Tichelaar, M. Haider, C. Glotz, T. Boeckh, Z.
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undecagold cluster: crystallographic and functional studies, J Crys Growth, 122, 286-292 (1992)
59. *A. Yonath, Approaching atomic resolution in crystallography of ribosomes, Annu Rev Biophys
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60. *Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, W.S. Bennett and A.Yonath, Aspects in structural studies on ribosomes, Crit
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61. *A. Yonath, Structural studies on a ribonucleoprotein organelle: the ribosome, In: ”Nucleic Acids
and Mol Biol” (F. Eckstein and D. Lilley, Eds) Springer-Verlag, 247-69 (1992)
62. Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, W.S. Bennett and A. Yonath, Aspects in structural studies on ribosomes, Crit
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63. A. Yonath, Approaching atomic resolution in crystallography of ribosomes, Annu Rev Biophys
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64. K. von Bohlen, I. Makowski, H.A. Hansen, H. Bartels, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, A. Zaytzev-Bashan, S. Meyer,
C. Paulke, F. Franceschi and A. Yonath, Characterization and preliminary attempts for derivatization
of crystals of large ribosomal subunits from Haloarcula marismortui diffracting to 3 A resolution,
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65. M. Eisenstein, R. Sharon, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, H.S. Gewitz, S. Weinstein, E. Pebay-Peyroula, M. Roth
and A. Yonath, The interplay between X-ray crystallography, neutron diffraction, image
reconstruction, organometallic chemistry and biochemistry in structural studies of ribosomes,
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66. Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, H.A. Hansen, W.S. Bennett, R. Sharon, K. von Bohlen, N. Volkmann, J. Piefke, A.
Yonath and H.G. Wittmann, Crystals of 70S ribosomes from thermophilic bacteria are suitable for
X-ray analysis at low Resolution, J Crystal Growth, 110, 208-13 (1991)
67. U. Evers, F. Triana, K. Nierhaus and A. Yonath, Crystallographic studies on complexes mimicking
protein biosynthesis, J Biol Chem Hoppe-Seyler, 371, 782-3 (1990)
68. N. Volkmann, S. Hottentrager, H.A. Hansen, A. Zayzsev-Bashan, R. Sharon, Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, A.
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69. H.A. Hansen, N. Volkmann, J. Piefke, C. Glotz, S. Weinstein, I. Makowski, S. Meyer, H.G. Wittmann and
A. Yonath, Crystals of complexes mimicking protein biosynthesis are suitable for crystallographic
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70. Z. Berkovitch-Yellin, H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath, Low-resolution models for ribosomal particles
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72. V.A. Erdmann, C. Lippmann, C. Betzel, Z. Dauter, K. Wilson, R. Hilgenfeld, J. Hoven, A. Liesum, W.
Saenger, A.Muller-Fahrnow, W. Hinrichs, M. Duvel, G.E. Schulz, C.W. Muller, H.G. Wittmann, A. Yonath,
G. Weber and A.Plass-Link, Crystallization of proteins under microgravity, FEBS Lett, 259, 194-98
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73. S. Weinstein, W. Jahn, H. Hansen, H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath, Novel procedures for derivatization
of ribosomes for crystallographic studies, J Biol Chem, 264, 19138-42 (1989)
74. J. Muessig, I. Makowski, K. von Bohlen, H. Hansen, K.S. Bartels, H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath,
Crystals of wild-type, mutated, derivatized and complexed 50S ribosomal subunits from B.
stearothermophilus suitable for X-ray analysis, J Mol Biol, 205, 619-21 (1989)
75. A. Yonath and H.G. Wittmann, Challenging the 3D structure of ribosomes, TIBS, 14, 329-35 (1989)
76. H. Hope, F. Frolow, K. von Boehlen, I. Makowski, C. Kratky, Y.Halfon, H.Danz, P.Webster, K. Bartels,
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77. M. Harel, M. Shoham, F. Frolow, H. Eisenberg, M. Mevarech, A. Yonath and J.L. Sussman,
Crystallization of halophilic malate dehydrogenase from Halobacterium marismortui, J Mol Biol,
200, 609-10 (1988)
78. A. Yonath, C. Glotz, H.S. Gewitz, K.S. Bartels, K. von Bohlen, I. Makowski and H.G. Wittmann,
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79. H.S. Gewitz, C. Glotz, J. Piefke, A. Yonath and H.G. Wittmann, Two-dimensional crystalline sheets of
Bacillus stearothermophilus 50S ribosomal subunits containing a nascent polypeptide chain,
Biochimie, 70, 645-8 (1988)
80. A. Yonath, F. Frolow, M. Shoham, J. Muessig, I. Makowski, C. Glotz, W. Jahn, S. Weinstein and
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90. H.S. Gewitz, C. Glotz, P. Goischke, B. Romberg, J. Muessig, A. Yonath and H.G. Wittmann,
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91. C. Glotz, J. Muessig, H.S. Gewitz, I. Makowski, T. Arad, A. Yonath and H.G. Wittmann, 3-dimensional
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92. T. Arad, J. Piefke, S. Weinstein, H.S. Gewitz, A. Yonath and H.G. Wittmann, Three-dimensional image
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93. A. Yonath, K.R. Leonard and H.G. Wittmann, A tunnel in the large ribosomal subunit revealed by
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94. I. Makowski, F. Frolow, M.A. Saper, M. Shoham, H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath, Single crystals of large
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99. *A. Yonath, M.A. Saper and H.G. Wittmann, Studies on crystals of intact bacterial ribosomal
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102. *H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath, Diffraction studies on crystals of ribosomal particles, In: ”The
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105. B. Shaanan, M. Shoham, A. Yonath, H. Lis and M. Sharon, Crystallization and preliminary X-ray
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106. T. Arad, K. Leonard, H.G. Wittmann and A. Yonath, Two-dimensional crystalline sheets of Bacillus
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108. J. Talmon, G. Ranghino, A. Yonath and I.R. Cohen, Structural analysis of insulin determinants seen
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109. A. Yonath, B. Tesche, S. Lorenz, J. Muessig, V.A. Erdmann and H.G. Wittmann, Several crystal forms
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111. H.G. Wittmann, J. Muessig, J. Piefke, H.S. Gewitz, H.J. Rheinberger and A. Yonath, Crystallization of
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115. *G. Ranghino, J. Talmon, A. Yonath and I.R. Cohen, The conformation of antigenic determinants of
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123. P.B. Sigler, M.E. Druyan, J. Zelano, A. Yonath, H.C. Kiefer and R.A. Finkelstein, Cholera toxin crystals
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127. A. Podjarny and A. Yonath, Use of direct methods for low resolution phase extension for t-RNA,
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128. A. Yonath, A. Podjarny, B. Honig, A. Sielecki and W. Traub, Crystallographic studies of protein
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129. A. Yonath, A. Sielecki, J. Moult, A. Podjarny and W. Traub, Crystallographic studies of protein
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130. A. Podjarny, A. Yonath and W. Traub, Application of multivariate distribution theory to phase
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132. A. Yonath, W. Traub and E.J. Miller, Crystallization of cyanogen bromide peptides from chick
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133. A. Yonath, A. Smilansky and N. Sharon, X-ray crystallographic study of binding of cobalt ion to hen
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134. V.I. Teichberg, N. Sharon, J. Moult, A. Smilansky and A. Yonath, Binding of divalent copper ions to
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136. A. Arnone, C.J. Bier, F.A. Cotton, V.W. Day, Jr. E.E. Hazen, D.C. Richardson, J.S. Richardson and A.
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137. W. Traub, A. Yonath and D.M. Segal, Molecular structure of collagen, Acta Crystallogr A, 25, S199
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138. D.M. Segal, W. Traub and A. Yonath, Polymers of tripeptides as collagen models. 8. X-ray studies of
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139. A. Yonath and W. Traub, Polymers of tripeptides as collagen models. IV. Structure analysis of
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141. G. Blauer and A. Yonath, Macromolecular hemochromes: the system ferroprotoporphyrin IXpolylysine
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142. W. Traub and A. Yonath, Polymers of tripeptides as collagen models. 3. Structural relationship
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147. W. Traub and A. Yonath, X-ray studies of polypeptides of ordered amino-acid sequence related to
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