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Günter Blobel
| Full Name of the recipient | Günter Blobel |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| Year of Award | 1999 |
| Share in Award | 100.0% |
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| Motivation for the Award | for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Place of Birth | Waltersdorf (now Niegoslawice), Germany (now known as Poland POL) |
| Date of Birth | 21 May 1936 |
| Age at the time of Award | 62 years |
