Oxygen radicals acting as chemical messengers: a hypothesis.
Based on a critical reappraisal of the reactions of radicals in a biological milieu, a hypothesis is proposed according to which superoxide anion radicals act as biological messengers rather than as mediators or precursors of cellular damage under oxidative stress conditions.
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GSF-Institut für Strahlenbiologie, Neuherberg, W. Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D004058:Diffusion; D005609:Free Radicals; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
D005609:Free Radicals; D013481:Superoxides; D010100:Oxygen