electron transport

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: the sequential transfer of electrons especially by cytochromes in cellular respiration from an oxidizable substrate to molecular oxygen by a series of oxidation-reduction reactions

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To produce energy, mitochondrial power plants in a cell use electron transport chains to convert electrons to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the cell’s energy currency. — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, "Mistletoe is missing the machinery to make energy," 3 May 2018

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The first known use of electron transport was in 1951

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electron transport

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Medical Definition of electron transport

: the sequential transfer of electrons especially by cytochromes in cellular respiration from an oxidizable substrate to molecular oxygen by a series of oxidation-reduction reactions