Expression of mitochondrial genes and of the transcription factors involved in the biogenesis of mitochondria Tfam, NRF-1 and NRF-2, in rat liver, testis and brain

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 965-971

  Escrivá, Héctor ^a   Rodríguez Peña, Angeles ^a   Vallejo, Carmen G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Messenger and protein steady state levels; Mitochondrial gene expression; Mitochondrial transcription factor A; Nuclear respiratory factors 1 and 2; Rat tissues

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BRAIN; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RAT; STEADY STATE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0345061688     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)00223-0     Document Type: Article

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