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uncoupler

an agent that inhibits ATP synthesis by dissociating it from the electron transport system at one or more of the phosphorylation sites.

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No references found			When immune responses are overstimulated or essential systems compromised by metabolic uncoupler toxins or essential factor deficits, repair is deferred, tissue permeability increases, and the immune system can access and attack structural or cellular elements (see Table 4, p. Immune defense and repair systems in biologic medicine: clinical ... by Jaffe, Russell / Townsend Letter An uncoupler is able to dissipate the proton gradient over the inner mitochondrial membrane and thereby to reinitiate the electron and oxygen flow even when the mitochondrial ATPase is inhibited. Hepatocellular toxicity of kava leaf and root extracts by Lude, Saskia; Torok, Michael; Dieterle, Sandy; Jaggi, Rene; Buter, Karin Berger; Krahenbuhl, Stephan / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology Salicylic acid is an uncoupler and inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport. Mitochondrial disorder aggravated by propranolol by Gelpi, Ellen / Southern Medical Journal			uncipressure uncircumcised unclassified viruses Uncle uncoating Uncombable Hair Syndrome uncommon compensatory pat-tern uncompensated uncompensated alkalosis uncompensated care uncompensated fascial pattern uncompensated gluteal gait uncompetitive inhibition uncompetitive inhibitor uncomplemented unconditioned unconditioned reflex unconditioned response unconditioned stimulus unconjugated bilirubin unconjugated monoclonal antibody unconscious unconsciousness uncontrolled pain unconventional virus uncoupler uncovertebral unction unctuous uncus undecanoic acid undecenoic acid undecylenate undecylenic acid Under 30 months rule Under a Cloud under general under local Under Ride Crash under the influence underactive bladder underarm underbite undercall undercoat undercorrection undercut undercutting underdamping underdeveloped underdevelopment			Uncorruptible Uncorruptible Uncorruption uncos UNCOSY uncount Uncountability Uncountability uncountable uncountable Uncountable infinity Uncountable noun Uncountable set Uncountable set Uncountably Uncountably Uncountably infinite uncounted uncounted Uncounted Departures uncounterfeited uncouple uncouple uncouple uncouple uncoupled uncoupled uncoupled Uncoupled Hartree-Fock Uncoupled Hartree-Fock Perturbation Theory uncoupler uncouples uncouples uncouples uncoupling uncoupling uncoupling uncoupling uncoupling uncoupling phenomena Uncoupling protein Uncoupling protein 1 Uncoupling Protein 2 Uncoupling Protein 3 Uncoupling Protein1 uncourageous uncoursed uncourteous uncourteous Uncourtliness Uncourtliness uncourtly Uncous uncousinly uncouth uncouth uncouthly uncouthly uncouthness uncouthness Uncovenable

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