Characterization of the plant uncoupling protein, SrUCPA, expressed in spadix mitochondria of the thermogenic skunk cabbage

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 995-1005

  Ito Inaba, Yasuko ^a   Hida, Yamato ^a   Ichikawa, Megumi ^a   Kato, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuro ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Plant mitochondria; Skunk cabbage; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LINOLEIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ARACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ION CHANNELS; LINOLEIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PURINES; THERMOGENESIS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS;

EID: 43149125645     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern024     Document Type: Article

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