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Nature 437, 1235-1236 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371235a; Published online 26 October 2005
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Postdoctoral Associate in Enzyme Biochemistry
- Cornell University
- Ithaca, NY
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Power for life
John F. Allen1
Abstract
Did the humble mitochondrion — the powerhouse of the cell — play a key role in the evolution of life?
BOOK REVIEWED-Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
by Nick Lane
Oxford University Press: 2005. 320 pp. £18.99, $30
How living things obtain, store, convert and use energy once aroused intense debate. Careers and reputations were built and destroyed in the 'ox-phos wars' about the mechanism of oxidative phosphorylation, in which electron transport is coupled to the phosphorylation of ADP, storing energy in the form of ATP.
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