Molecular identity of uncoupling proteins in thermogenic skunk cabbage

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1911-1916

  Ito Inaba, Yasuko ^a   Hida, Yamato ^a   Mori, Hitoshi ^b   Inaba, Takehito ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mRNA splicing; Plant mitochondria; Reproductive organ; Skunk cabbage; Thermogenesis; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; RNA SPLICING; THERMOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; ION CHANNELS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; THERMOGENESIS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CARNIVORA; SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS;

EID: 57749175709     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn161     Document Type: Article

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