AtUCP2: A novel isoform of the mitochondrial uncoupling protein of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1160-1166

  Watanabe, Akio ^a   Nakazono, Mikio ^a   Tsutsumi, Nobuhiro ^a   Hirai, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Low temperature; Mitochondria; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHESIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELL RESPIRATION; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; ISOFORM; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT GENOME; POTATO; THERMOREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033227505     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029501     Document Type: Article

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