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Electron transfer across membranes using vitamin K1 and coenzyme Q10 as carrier molecules

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CONTINUOUS redox processes have been effected between aqueous reactants, separated by liquid membranes in which coenzyme Q, or vitamin K, is present as a carrier molecule. These membranes show chemical specificity and function which relate closely to certain biological electron transfer processes.

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ANDERSON, S., LYLE, I. & PATERSON, R. Electron transfer across membranes using vitamin K1 and coenzyme Q10 as carrier molecules. Nature 259, 147–148 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259147a0

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