title: Nobel Lecture. The identification of the sodium pump.
abstract: The identification of the sodium potassium pump as a Na+, K+ -ATPase is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Skou
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D003718:Denmark; D004735:Energy Transfer / Q000502:physiology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase