The mitochondrial uncoupling-protein homologues

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-261

  Krauss, Stefan ^a,b   Zhang, Chen Yu ^a,c   Lowell, Bradford B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Merck Research Laboratories Boston   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ALLELE; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ENERGY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 14644439938     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1592     Document Type: Review

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