Paul D. Boyer—Nobel Prize for Work on ATP Synthase
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To err and win a nobel prize: Paul Boyer, ATP synthase and the emergence of bioenergetics.
Paul Boyer shared a Nobel Prize in 1997 for his work on the mechanism of ATP synthase. His earlier work, though (which contributed indirectly to his triumph), included major errors, both experimental and theoretical. Two benchmark cases offer insight into how scientists err and how they deal with error. Boyer's work also parallels and illustrates the emergence of bioenergetics in the second hal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0615