Cloning and functional characterization of an uncoupling protein homolog in hummingbirds

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 2001, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Vianna, Claudia R ^a   Hagen, Thilo ^b   Zhang, Chen Yu ^b   Bachman, Eric ^b   Boss, Olivier ^b   Gereben, Balazs ^b   Moriscot, Anselmo S ^a   Lowell, Bradford B ^b   Bicudo, José Eduardo P W ^a   Bianco, Antonio C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Brown adipose tissue; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Torpor

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUPETOMENA MACROURA; TROCHILIDAE;

CARRIER PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0348203045     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.2001.5.3.137     Document Type: Article

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