Ubiquitous expression of a gene encoding for uncoupling protein isolated from the thermogenic inflorescence of the dead horse arum Helicodiceros muscivorus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 384, 2003, Pages 1113-1114

  Ito, Kikukatsu ^a   Abe, Yukie ^a   Johnston, Sonya D ^b   Seymour, Roger S ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arum lily; Heat production; Helicodiceros muscivorus; Mitochondria; Uncoupling protein (UCP)

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GENE ENCODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARACEAE; ARUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUUS CABALLUS; EUKARYOTA; HELICODICEROS MUSCIVORUS; LILIACEAE; LILIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037336470     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg115     Document Type: Article

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