Francesco De Lorenzo (born June 5, 1938 in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

) is an Italian physician and politician and is a member of the

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party (, PLI) was a liberal political party in Italy. The PLI, which was heir to the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor party after World War II, but also a frequent junio ...

Life and Works

He was born in

on June 5, 1938. He was minister of health (1989–1993) in the

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. He served in the cabinet of

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(1992–1993). He also served in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy in Legislature IX (1983–1987), Legislature X (1987–1992) and Legislature XI (1992–1994). He was a central figure in the

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investigations of the early 1990s.

Publications

* Givol, D., De Lorenzo, F., Goldberger, R.F. and Anfinsen, C.B. ''Disulfide interchange and the three-dimensional structure of proteins''. Proc. NatI. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 53, 676, 1965 * Steiner, RF., De Lorenzo, F. and Anfinsen, C.B. ''Enzymically catalyzed disulfide interchange in randomly crosslinked soybean trypsin inhibitor''. J. Biol. Chem., 240, 4648, 1965 * De Lorenzo, F., Goldberger, RF., Steers, E., Givol, D. and Anfinsen, C.B. ''Purification and properties of an enzyme from beef liver which catalyzes sulfhydryl-disulfide interchange in proteins'' . J. Biol. Chem., 241,1562,1966 * De Lorenzo, F., Fuchs, S. and Anfinsen, C.B. ''Characterization of a peptide fragment containing the essential half-cystine residue af a microsomal disulfide interchange enzyme. Biochem., 5, 3961, 1966 * Givol, D. and De Lorenzo, F. ''The position of various cleavages of rabbit Immunoglobulin''. G. J. Biol. Chem., 243, 1886, 1966 * De Lorenzo, F. and Ames, B.N. Histidine regulation in Salmonella typhimurium. VII. ''Purification and general properties of the histidine transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase''. J. Biol. Chem., 245, 1710, 1970 * De Lorenzo, F., Straus, D. and Ames, B.N. ''Histidine regulation in Salmonella typhimurium. IX. Kinetic studies of mutant histidyl-tRNA synthetases''. J. Biol. Chem., 247,2302, 1972 * De Lorenzo, F., Silengo, L. and Cortese, R. ''Mutagenicity of two widely used pesticides. International Conference on Ecological Perspectives on Carcinogens and Cancer control''. Cremona, Settembre 1976 * De Lorenzo, F., Degl'Innocenti, S., Ruocco, A., Silengo, L. and Cortese, R. ''Mutagenicity of a pesticides containing 1,3-Dichloropropene'', Cancer Research, 37, 1915-1917,1977 * N. Staiano, I. Quinto and F, De Lorenzo, ''Il test della Salmonella per l'identificazione di mutageni chimici: relazione tra struttura chimica e proprietà mutagene''. Società Italiana di Biochimica, Urbino, Ottobre 1978 * F. De Lorenzo and I. Quinto, ''I test di mutagenesi nella valutazione della tossicologia dei farmaci. In: "Nuovi Aspetti di Tossicologia Sperimentale e Clinica" '', C.G. Edizioni Medico-Scientifiche, Torino, 1979, pp 33–49 * Martire, G., Vricella, G., Perfumo, A.M. and De Lorenzo, F. "Evaluation of the Mutagenic of Coded Compounds in the Salmonella/Microsome Test. In: "Evolution of short-term tests for carcinogens International Collaborative Program" ''. Progress in Mutation Research, vol. I, pp 271-279, 1981. * I. Quinto, G. Martire, G. Vricella, F. Riccardi, A. Perfumo, R, Giulivo and F. De Lorenzo. ''Screening of 24 pesticides by the Salmonella/microsome assay: mutagenicity of Benazolin, Metoxuron and Paraoxon''. X Annual Meeting of the European Environmental Mutagen Society (EEMS), September 1980, Athens, Greece. Abstract published in: Mutation Res. 85, 265,1981 * I. Quinto, G. Scal, M. Mallardo, M.R. Ruocco and F. De Lorenzo. ''Spontaneous or mutagen-mediated expression of a promoterless neo gene integrated al different genomic sites of Rat 2 fibroblasts''. Atti del UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology "Genomic Instability and Cancer", Febbraio 1991, Tamarron, Colorado, USA, estratto n. J129. Estratto pubblicato in: J. Celi. Biochem., Suppl. 15D, 107, 1991 * M. Sanchez, E. Gionti, G. Pontarelli, A. Arcella and F. De Lorenzo. ''Regulatation of α2-collagen gene expression in retinoic acid treated quail chondrocytes''. Biochemical J., 295, 115-119, 1993

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Lorenzo, Francesco 1938 births Living people Physicians from Naples Italian Liberal Party politicians Government ministers of Italy Ministers of health of Italy Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Politicians from Naples Italian biochemists