See Also: electron transport particles(medicine)
electron transport(medicine)
electron transport chain(medicine)
electron transport phosphorylation(medicine)
electron transport system(medicine)
reverse electron transport(medicine)
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alpha particles(medicine)

electron transport particles (medicine)


electron transport particles
<cell biology> Fragments of mitochondria still capable of transporting electrons.

One of the units occurring on the matrical surface of mitochondrial cristae; the head of the particle which measures about 9 nm, attaches to the membrane of the crista by a stalk 5 nm in length; the particle may be concerned with the electron transport system.

Synonym: submitochondrial particles.