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Effects of Atractyloside and Oligomycin on Magnesium-stimulated Adenosine Triphosphatase and on Adenosine Triphosphate-induced Contraction of Swollen Mitochondria

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IN previous reports1 it was shown that atractyloside inhibits the energy-transfer reactions of oxidative phosphorylation in a manner similar to that of the antibiotic oligomycin2–4.

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  1. S. LUCIANI: Fellow of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

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BRUNI, A., LUCIANI, S. Effects of Atractyloside and Oligomycin on Magnesium-stimulated Adenosine Triphosphatase and on Adenosine Triphosphate-induced Contraction of Swollen Mitochondria. Nature 196, 578–580 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196578a0

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