Brown adipose tissue specific lack of uncoupling protein 3 is associated with impaired cold tolerance and reduced transcript levels of metabolic genes

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-277

  Nau, Kerstin ^a   Fromme, Tobias ^a   Meyer, Carola W ^a   Von Praun, Christa ^a   Heldmaier, Gerhard ^a   Klingenspor, Martin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Cold tolerance; Gene expression; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein 3

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACID COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; 3-KETOACID COA-TRANSFERASE; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ATP CITRATE (PRO-S)-LYASE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; COLD; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHODOPUS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 43149088949     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0219-7     Document Type: Article

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