Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins (UCP2 and UCP3) and absence of UCP1 in the marsupial Tasmanian bettong, Bettongia gaimardi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Kabat, Alexander P ^a   Rose, Randy W ^a   Harris, Julie ^a   West, Adrian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bettongia gaimardi; Brown adipose tissue; Marsupials; Non shivering thermogenesis; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling proteins UCP1, UCP2, UCP3

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NORADRENALIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETTONGIA GAIMARDI; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BETTONGIA GAIMARDI; METATHERIA;

EID: 0037229449     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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