Mitchell, Peter Dennis

1920–1992 British biochemist and Nobel prize winner who developed the chemiosmotic theory of energy transfer.

Keywords: chemiosmotic theory; energy transduction; bioenergetics

 Further Reading
    book Mitchell P (1966) Chemiosmotic Coupling in Oxidative and Photosynthetic Phosphorylation. Bodmin: Glynn Research.
    book Mitchell P (1968) Chemiosmotic Coupling and Energy Transduction. Bodmin: Glynn Research.
    book Cook JS (1998) Notable Twentieth-century Scientists. Supplement, Krapp KM (ed.), pp. 309–310. Detroit: Gale.
    Crofts AR (1979) Peter Mitchell and the chemiosmotic hypothesis. Biochemistry Society Bulletin 1: 4–7.
    Hinkle PC and Garlid KD (1992) obituary. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 17: 304–305.
    book Magill FN (ed.) (1990) The Nobel Prize Winners Chemistry, vol. 3, pp. 991–1001. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
    book Porter R (ed.) (1994) The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, pp. 489–499. Helicon: Oxford.
    Slater EC (1994) Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 40: 283–305.
    book Wasson T (1987) Nobel Prize Winners, pp. 713–715. New York: HW Wilson.
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Brock, WH(Apr 2001) Mitchell, Peter Dennis. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002879]