Uncoupling to survive? The role of mitochondrial inefficiency in ageing

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 811-820

  Brand, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Mitochondria; Proton conductance; Proton leak; Protonmotive force; Quinones; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; UBIQUINONE;

AGING; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIVER CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033785071     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00135-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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