title: The history of proton-driven ATP formation.
abstract: This article sets down the beginnings of some thoughts in bio-energetics. It illustrates how difficult it is in science as elsewhere to know how a new idea is generated. The literature needs very careful examination and separation from personalities.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D001692:Biological Transport; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008958:Models, Molecular; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases