Sentences with phrase «by electron transport»

Mitochondrial membrane ATP synthase (F (1) F (0) ATP synthase or Complex V) produces ATP from ADP in the presence of a proton gradient across the membrane which is generated by electron transport complexes of the respiratory chain.

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These 10 sets encode proteins responsible for four related bioenergetic processes: nuclear - encoded mitochondrial electron transport (the key energy - extracting operation), mitochondrial biogenesis (by which new mitochondria are formed) as well as glucose utilization and glucose sensing (processes by which glucose levels are evaluated and modified).

With the images produced by ECT, the team was the first to see how electron transport proteins were distributed in the membrane to form the nanowires.

Using computer simulations, they modeled the response of the plasma confined in loops to the energy transported by energetic electrons.

In this false - color scanning electron microscopy image, thermal conductivity was measured by transporting heat from the suspended heat source pad (red) to the sensing pad (blue).

Electron transport in graphene is described by a Dirac - like equation, which allows the investigation of relativistic quantum phenomena in a benchtop experiment.

Illumination of a GBN heterostructure even with just an incandescent lamp can modify electron - transport in the graphene layer by inducing a positive - charge distribution in the boron nitride layer that becomes fixed when the illumination is turned off.

By transmitting the energy carried by photons to moving electrons it is possible to transport information in structures narrower than optical fiberBy transmitting the energy carried by photons to moving electrons it is possible to transport information in structures narrower than optical fiberby photons to moving electrons it is possible to transport information in structures narrower than optical fibers.

The combination of the high electron density and potent electron interactions are not seen in other materials and the quantum regime enforced by the tight passageway, might here be engendering some new kind of electron transport.

The transport of these electrons as a current can be encouraged or discouraged by a voltage applied to an overlying electrostatic gate, pretty much the same arrangement used to move currents through field - effect - transistors (FETs), one of the universal components of myriad electronic devices.

Engineered electron spin and charge polarization, as well as transport across or along the interface, might be possible as evidenced by the enhanced photoluminescence signals at these positions.

Even when studying agriculture in South Africa, he had been attracted by the science of crop protection, and his Ph.D. research on electron transport in photosynthesis was highly relevant to the industry: «Herbicides are specifically developed to work against the photosynthetic apparatus,» he explains.

«If Earth's core consisted only of iron, the free electrons in the iron could handle the heat transport by themselves, without the need for any convection currents,» says Karsten Held.

materials characterization by atomic force scanning probe and electron microscopy, spectrophotometry, custom apparatus for measurement of electrical and thermal transport properties (superconductors) at low temperatures

The work will be performed in the context of a new NERC - funded consortium led by the British Antarctic Survey (Rad - Sat) whose goal is to model the acceleration, transport and loss of radiation belt electrons to protect satellites from space weather.

Similar effects might be achieved by altering the protein machinery of this complex or others in the electron transport chain.

Dr. Rosso's current projects include the following: (1) characterizing the kinetics and mechanisms of elementary charge and ion transport processes in redox transformation of iron oxide minerals, (2) predicting molecular - scale electron transfer kinetics in microbially - mediated reduction of bioavailable iron in subsurface environments, (3) studying mechanisms of heterogeneous reduction of contaminant U (VI) and Tc (VII) by Fe (II)- bearing minerals, (4) simulation of coupled charge and ion transport in transition metal oxide electrodes for advanced materials applications, (5) probing mechanisms and kinetics of mineral transformation to metal carbonates for geological carbon sequestration, and (6) studying mechanisms of uptake and retention of uranium in sediments.

We aim to close this gap by implementing a novel assay to simultaneously assess the integrity of the axonal cytoskeletal structure (using electron microscopy) and a functional (physiological) correlate of healthy cytoskeletal structure, namely active axon transport, within individual RGC axons at an early stage of experimental glaucoma.

Your body creates energy by passing the electrons from carbs and fat to oxygen through the electron transport chain in your mitochondria to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

Reducing oxidative stress by effectively reducing electron leakage from the mitochondria electron transport chain.

Other enzymes impaired by mercury include those of the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain, leading to low ATP energy.

Removing acidic processed foods, sugar, flour, high - glycemic foods, coffee, and alcohol can prevent alterations in membrane potential which compromises mitochondrial function by interfering with the electron transport chain integral to oxygen - based oxidative phosphorylation (55, 56).

Studies now show that restoring electron transport chain function by raising levels of NAD + is a rapid and efficient means of promoting the essential enzymes involved in energy extraction and sustaining youthful cell function.

As I mentioned above, this is not hard to understand if you look at heat transport as a diffusion phenomenon, i.e., as flow in accordance with the laws of probability from a region characterized by a higher concentration (of fast molecules or fast electrons) to one with a lower concentration.