| RefNo | EC/1979/38 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XX, 171 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Walker, David Alan: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 1974 |
| Description | Citation typed |
| Citation | Walker was the first to show how to obtain high rates of photosynthesis in vitro with bulk preparations of chloroplasts from a leaf. He then was able to study the process of photosynthesis in terms of the selective permeabilities of the outer membrane of a chloroplast in relation to the transfer of active components in the photosynthetic cycle. His methods were rapidly appreciated and widely used: they result in major advances for the study of the physiology of a green plant.
Walker is specially distinguished for his contributions to knowledge of the enzymes concerned with carbon fixation by plants both in connection with photosynthesis and with his earlier studies on crassulacean metabolism. |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4054 | Walker; David Alan (1928 - 2012) | 1928 - 2012 |