Mitochondrial respiratory chain features after γ-irradiation

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 431-438

  Battino, Maurizio ^a   Ferri, Elida ^b   Gattavecchia, Enrico ^b   Breccia, Alberto ^b   Genova, Maria Luisa ^b   Littarru, Gian Paolo ^a   Lenaz, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; FATTY ACID; FREE RADICAL; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030906858     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709084479     Document Type: Article

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