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Molecular Function
electron transport
e·lec·tron trans·port
Subclass of:
Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Oxidation-Reduction
Definitions related to electron transport:
  • Process by which electrons are transferred from a reduced substrate to molecular oxygen.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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