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Model animals for the study of oxidative stress from complex II.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 May 2013
Ishii Takamasa, Miyazawa Masaki, Onouchi Hiromi, Yasuda Kayo, Hartman Phil S, Ishii Naoaki
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Mitochondria play a role of energy production and produce intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), especially superoxide anion (O2(-)) as a byproduct of energy metabolism at the same time. O2(-) is converted from oxygen and is overproduced by excessive electron leakage from the mitochondrial respiratory chain. It is well known that mitochondrial complexes I and III in the electron transport system are the...
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