Microdiffusion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 diffusion through microscopic pores countable, uncountable
"In particular, the emerging consensus that the complexes I-III-IV occur mostly as supercomplexes further complicates attributing shifts in the CoQ redox state to a specific location in the mitochondrial ETC as electron transfer in these supercomplexes appears to occur via tunnelling or microdiffusion of CoQ/CoQH 2 rather than via a mobile CoQ pool in mitochondrial membranes [72 ]."
Example
More examples"In particular, the emerging consensus that the complexes I-III-IV occur mostly as supercomplexes further complicates attributing shifts in the CoQ redox state to a specific location in the mitochondrial ETC as electron transfer in these supercomplexes appears to occur via tunnelling or microdiffusion of CoQ/CoQH 2 rather than via a mobile CoQ pool in mitochondrial membranes [72 ]."
Etymology
From micro- + diffusion.
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