Reduction of dietary obesity in aP2-Ucp transgenic mice: Mechanism and adipose tissue morphology

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 5 33-5, 1996, Pages

  Kopecký, Jan ^a   Rossmeisl, Martin ^a   Hodný, Zdeněk ^a   Syrový, Ivo ^a   Horáková, Milada ^a   Kolářová, Petra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C57BL6 J mouse strain; cellularity; high fat diet; uncoupling protein; white fat mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

EID: 0029894407     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.5.e776     Document Type: Article

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