Towards a molecular understanding of adaptive thermogenesis

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6778, 2000, Pages 652-660

  Lowell, Bradford B ^a   Spiegelman, Bruce M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; FAT; FATTY ACID; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; LEPTIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; PROTIRELIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BRAIN; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0034611678     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35007527     Document Type: Review

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