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electron transport chain
biochemistry
Also known as: ETC
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mitochondria
- In mitochondrion
…produce various components of the electron transport chain (ETC). In many organisms, the mitochondrial genome is inherited maternally. This is because the mother’s egg cell donates the majority of cytoplasm to the embryo, and mitochondria inherited from the father’s sperm are usually destroyed.
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oxidative phosphorylation
- In cellular respiration: Oxidative phosphorylation
…stage is sometimes called the electron transport chain. Some descriptions of cellular respiration that focus on the importance of the electron transport chain have changed the name of the oxidative phosphorylation stage to the electron transport chain.
Read More - In lipid: Oxidation of fatty acids
…of oxidative phosphorylation is called electron transport.
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