Uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3): A mitochondrial carrier in search of a function

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue , 1999, Pages S43-S45

  Lowell, Bradford B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Brown adipose tissue; Skeletal muscle; UCP3 isoforms

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032994739     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800943     Document Type: Article

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