Proton conductance and fatty acyl composition of liver mitochondria correlates with body mass in birds

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 741-748

  Brand, Martin D ^a   Turner, Nigel ^b   Ocloo, Augustine ^a   Else, Paul L ^b   Hulbert, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Fatty acid; Mitochondria; Phospholipid; Proton conductance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CORRELATION METHODS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTONS;

POLYUNSATURATION; PROTON CONDUCTANCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMU; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; FRINGILLIDAE; MAMMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0344671097     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030984     Document Type: Article

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