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IN the course of studies on oxidative phosphorylation coupled with the succinoxidase system of rat-liver mitochondria, it was found that adenosine triphosphate, alone and with certain metals, significantly accelerated reduction of triphenyltetrazolium chloride to triphenylformazan.
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HOCH, F., VALLEE, B. Effects of Adenosine Triphosphate and Metals upon an Electron Transport System in Mitochondria. Nature 176, 256–257 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176256b0
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