Taber's Medical Dictionary
cytochrome
(sī′tō-krōm)
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An iron-containing protein found in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells; each is given a letter name (a, b, c). The cytochrome transport system (electron transport chain) is the last stage in aerobic cell respiration.
SEE: cytochrome oxidase; SEE: cytochrome P450; SEE: cytochrome transport system
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Cytochrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730547/all/cytochrome.
Cytochrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730547/all/cytochrome. Accessed December 10, 2023.
Cytochrome. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730547/all/cytochrome
Cytochrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 December 10]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730547/all/cytochrome.
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