Prolactin, prolactin receptor and uncoupling proteins during fetal and neonatal development

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 421-427

  Pearce, S ^a   Mostyn, A ^a   Alves Guerra, M C ^b   Pecqueur, C ^b   Miroux, B ^b   Webb, R ^c   Stephenson, T ^a   Symonds, M E ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS CEREMOD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Fetal and neonatal development; Prolactin; Prolactin receptor; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIRTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAMB; LIPOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMOGENESIS; UTERUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; SHEEP; SWINE; THERMOGENESIS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0038681078     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2003246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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