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Medical Definition of Uncoupling agents
1. Chemical agents that uncouple oxidation from phosphorylation in the metabolic cycle so that ATP synthesis does not occur. Included here are those ionophores that disrupt electron transfer by short-circuiting the proton gradient across mitochondrial membranes. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Uncoupling Agents
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