Hypoxia-induced decrease of UCP3 gene expression in rat heart parallels metabolic gene switching but fails to affect mitochondrial respiratory coupling

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 561-564

  Essop, M Faadiel ^a   Razeghi, Peter ^b   McLeod, Chris ^a   Young, Martin E ^b   Taegtmeyer, Heinrich ^b   Sack, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid oxidation; Hypoxia; Mitochondrial respiration; Proton leak; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SWITCHING; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HYPOXIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0347635416     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.121     Document Type: Article

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