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Mechanism of Action of Reagents that uncouple Oxidative Phosphorylation

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Uncoupling agents may act by causing conformational transitions in mitochondrial catalytic proteins.

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  2. Gerontology Research Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore City Hospitals, Baltimore, Maryland

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WEINBACH, E., GARBUS, J. Mechanism of Action of Reagents that uncouple Oxidative Phosphorylation. Nature 221, 1016–1018 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211016a0

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