PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - P. D. Wagner TI - The biology of oxygen AID - 10.1183/09031936.00155407 DP - 2008 Apr 01 TA - European Respiratory Journal PG - 887--890 VI - 31 IP - 4 4099 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/31/4/887.short 4100 - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/31/4/887.full SO - Eur Respir J2008 Apr 01; 31 AB - The biology of O2 is extremely complex and defies a comprehensive yet brief summary that showcases its roles across the entire animal and plant kingdom. This necessarily short introduction to the 2006 Taormina Lung Science Conference (Taormina, Italy) on hypoxia will examine key features of the biology of O2 only within mammalian cells, even that being a daunting task. SERIES “HYPOXIA: ERS LUNG SCIENCE CONFERENCE” Edited by N. Weissmann Number 1 in this Series