To err and win a nobel prize: Paul boyer, ATP synthase and the emergence of bioenergetics

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 149-172

  Allchin, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP synthase; Bioenergetics; Conformational hypothesis; Error; Oxidative phosphorylation; Paul Boyer; Phosphohistidine

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ATP SYNTHETASE COMPLEXES; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NOBEL PRIZE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035983687     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014583721788     Document Type: Review

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