Cold-induced expression of the metallothionein-1 gene in brown adipose tissue of rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Beattie, John H ^a   Black, Doreen J ^a   Wood, Anne M ^a   Trayhurn, Paul ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal ribonucleic acid; acute phase response; antioxidant; cold exposure; oligonucleotide; thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; THERMOREGULATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0029948862     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.5.r971     Document Type: Article

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