Biology A-Level
anaerobic stage
What anaerobic stage means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of anaerobic stage
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Glycolysis is described as this because it does not require oxygen, so a cell can keep making ATP when oxygen runs short.
Topics that use anaerobic stage
- Respiration (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- active transport
- ATP hydrolase
- continuation of glycolysis
- ethanol and carbon dioxide
- Krebs cycle
- limited NAD pool
- link reaction
- Mitochondrial matrix
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