Plant uncoupling mitochondrial proteins

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 383-404

  Vercesi, Aníbal Eugênio ^a   Borecký, Jiri ^a   De Godoy Maia, Ivan ^b   Arruda, Paulo ^a   Cuccovia, Iolanda Midea ^c   Chaimovich, Hernan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Oxidative phosphorylation; Plant mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33745942316     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105335     Document Type: Review

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