title: Trails of inquiry and thought leading toward today's bioenergetics.
abstract: Significant experimental observations and concepts leading from various sources toward today's bioenergetics are briefly sketched. To limit the essay to manageable proportions main consideration is given to origins in research on metabolism and biological oxidations and attendant energy conversions. Relevant data and dates are summarized in table form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beinert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans