Evidence of an intracellular dissipative structure.
Data are presented showing the result of the functioning of the mitochondrial respiratory chain in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells incubated with glucose and glutamine. The very different results obtained depending on the order of substrate addition suggest that the functioning of the respiratory chain in Ehrlich cells far-from-equilibrium maintains an intracellular dissipative structure.
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Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Spain.
Núñez de Castro
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D000818:Animals; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D003580:Cytochromes