Duve, Christian Rene De

Iris Fry, Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel

Published online: September 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002764

Born in 1917, Belgian cytologist and biochemist who in 1974 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of the cellular organelles, the lysosome and the peroxisome. Since the 1980s, De Duve contributed to the theoretical understanding of the origin and evolution of life.

Keywords: cell fractionation; cellular organelles; Claude Albert; constraints on natural selection; digestive enzymes; lysosomes; origin of life; Palade George; peroxisomes; protometabolism

 Further Reading
    Bainton DF (1981) The discovery of lysosomes. Journal of Cell Biology 91(3, part 2): 66–76.
    book De Duve C (1974) "Exploring cells with a centrifuge (Nobel Lecture)". In: Lindsten J (ed.) (1992) Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1971–1980, pp. 152–170 Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1974/duve-lecture.pdf].
    book De Duve C (1974) [with Addendum, December 1997] "Autobiography". In: Odelberg W (ed.) (1975) Les Prix Nobel en 1974 Stockholm: Nobel Foundation. [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1974/duve-autobio.html].
    book De Duve C (2005) Singularities: Landmarks on the Pathways of Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    De Duve C and Beaufay H (1981) A short history of tissue fractionation. Journal of Cell Biology 91(3, part 2): 293–299.
    book Fry I (2000) The Emergence of Life on Earth. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

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Fry, Iris(Sep 2010) Duve, Christian Rene De. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002764]