Disruption of the uncoupling protein-2 gene in mice reveals a role in immunity and reactive oxygen species production

Nature Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-439

  Arsenijevic, Denis ^a   Onuma, Hiroki ^b   Pecqueur, Claire ^c   Raimbault, Serge ^c   Manning, Brian S ^b   Miroux, Bruno ^c   Couplan, Elodie ^c   Alves Guerra, Marie Clotilde ^c   Goubern, Marc ^d   Surwit, Richard ^b   Bouillaud, Frédéric ^c   Richard, Denis ^a   Collins, Sheila ^b   Ricquier, Daniel ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LINKAGE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNITY; ION CHANNELS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033667705     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/82565     Document Type: Article

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