Phenomena and Processes

Electron Transport

The process by which ELECTRONS are transported from a reduced substrate to molecular OXYGEN. (From Bennington, Saunders Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984, p270)

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Abstract

The process by which ELECTRONS are transported from a reduced substrate to molecular OXYGEN. (From Bennington, Saunders Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984, p270)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Transport, Electron
  • Respiratory Chain
  • Chain, Respiratory
  • Chains, Respiratory
  • Respiratory Chains

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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usually NIM; not for "proton transport" ( = PROTON PUMPS (IM) or PROTONS (IM) + BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT (NIM))

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66(64)

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  1. G02.111.248
  2. G03w.295.531w.403
  3. G03w.493w.350

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QU 34

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Electron Transport. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004579. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004579
  2. Electron Transport. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909199