The production of superoxide anion radicals in the reaction of reduced flavins and flavoproteins with molecular oxygen

Vincent Massey; Sidney Strickland; Stephen G. Mayhew; Larry G. Howell; Paul C. Engel; Rowena G. Matthews; Meredith C. Schuman; P. A. Sullivan

doi:10.1016/0006-291x(69)90287-3

Keywords

FlavoproteinFlavin groupChemistrySuperoxideOxygenPhotochemistryRadicalBiochemistryOxidase testEnzymeCytochrome c oxidaseHemeOrganic chemistry

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Year: 1969
Type: article
Volume: 36
Issue: 6
Pages: 891-897
Citations: 421
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                                    Vincent Massey, 
                                
                                    Sidney Strickland, 
                                
                                    Stephen G. Mayhew
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1969). 
                            The production of superoxide anion radicals in the reaction of reduced flavins and flavoproteins with molecular oxygen. 
                            Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
                            , 36
                            (6)
                            , 891-897.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-291x(69)90287-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(69)90287-3