COMPREHENSIVE BIOCHEMISTRY
COMPREHENSIVE BIOCHEMISTRY SECTION I (VOLUMES 1–4) PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND ORGANIC ASPECTS OF BIOCHEMISTRY SECTION II (VOLUMES 5–11) CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS SECTION III (VOLUMES 12–16) BIOCHEMICAL REACTION MECHANISMS SECTION IV (VOLUMES 17–21) METABOLISM SECTION V (VOLUMES 22–29) CHEMICAL BIOLOGY SECTION VI, A (VOLUMES 30–34 and 39) SELECTED TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF BIOCHEMISTRY SECTION VI, B (VOLUMES 35–38 and 40–45) STORIES OF SUCCESS – PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS, I–X
COMPREHENSIVE BIOCHEMISTRY Series Editor: GIORGIO SEMENZA Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Biochemistry, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich (Switzerland) and University of Milan, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biotechnologies for Medicine, I-20133 Milan (Italy)
VOLUME 45 STORIES OF SUCCESS – PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. X Volume Editor: GIORGIO SEMENZA Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Biochemistry, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich (Switzerland) and University of Milan, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biotechnologies for Medicine, I-20133 Milan (Italy)
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PREFACE TO VOLUME 45 Stories of Su