Krebs, Hans Adolf

1900–1981 German -born British biochemist noted for the elucidation of metabolic pathways, especially the citric acid cycle.

Keywords: Warburg; metabolic pathways; citric acid cycle; glyoxylate cycle

 Further Reading
    book Krebs H (1981/2) Reminiscences and Reflections. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    book Holmes FL (1990) Hans Adolf Krebs. In Gillispie CC (ed.) Dictionary of Scientific Biography, supplement II, vol. 17, pp. 496–506. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    book Holmes FL (1991) Hans Krebs: the Formation of a Scientific Life 1900–1933. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    Kornberg H and Williamson DH (1984) Hans Adolf Krebs 1900–1981. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 30: 351–385.
    Obituary (23 November 1981) The Times.
    book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners (1901–1986). Bronx, NY: HW Wilson.
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Coley, Noel G(Apr 2001) Krebs, Hans Adolf. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002497]