Canadian Medical Guide > Biological Sciences > Biochemical Phenomena, Metabolism, and Nutrition > Metabolism > Electron Transport Terms and Definitions

Electron Transport

Medical Definition:	The process by which ELECTRONS are transported from a reduced substrate to molecular OXYGEN. (From Bennington, Saunders Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984, p270)
Guide Notes:	usually NIM; not for "proton transport" ( = PROTON PUMPS (IM) or PROTONS (IM) + BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT (NIM))
Also Called:	Respiratory Chain

CANADIAN MEDICAL GUIDE

Thank you for visiting Canadian Medical Guide .com