Surfaces of action: Cells and membranes in electrochemistry and the life sciences

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-193

  Grote, Mathias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Cell; Chemiosmosis; Electrochemistry; Membranes; Peter Mitchell

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID; PROTEOLIPOSOMES;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HISTORY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; TECHNOLOGY;

CELL BIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOLIPIDS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957727351     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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