Electrochemical modeling of electron and proton transfer to ubiquinone-10 in a self-assembled phospholipid monolayer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2716-2726

  Moncelli, Maria Rosa ^a   Becucci, Lucia ^a   Nelson, Andrew ^a,b   Guidelli, Rolando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID MONOLAYER; LIPOPHILICITY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTONS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0030030735     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79841-7     Document Type: Article

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