Chemiosmotic coupling in energy transduction: A logical development of biochemical knowledge

@article{Mitchell1972ChemiosmoticCI,
  title={Chemiosmotic coupling in energy transduction: A logical development of biochemical knowledge},
  author={Peter D. Mitchell},
  journal={Journal of bioenergetics},
  year={1972},
  volume={3},
  pages={5-24}
}
  • P. Mitchell
  • Published 1 May 1972
  • Biology
  • Journal of bioenergetics
At the invitation of the Editors, this paper gives a summary sketch of my position regarding some metabolic aspects of energy transduction and describes some present and anticipated perspectives from my point of view. To maintain as broad a horizon as possible, however, I have used this opportunity to describe how my views, and the rationale that I have developed to express them, have been derived from accepted or acceptable physicochemical theory and biochemical knowledge stemming from the… 
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