Toxic oxygen: The radical life-giver

@article{Abele2002ToxicOT,
  title={Toxic oxygen: The radical life-giver},
  author={Doris Abele},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2002},
  volume={420},
  pages={27-27}
}
  • D. Abele
  • Published 7 November 2002
  • Medicine, Chemistry
  • Nature
A primary function of mitochondria may have been to compartmentalize respiration, thus protecting cells from the damaging side-effects of oxygen metabolism. 
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