Hibernating above the permafrost: Effects of ambient temperature and season on expression of metabolic genes in liver and brown adipose tissue of arctic ground squirrels

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1300-1306

  Williams, Cory T ^a,b   Goropashnaya, Anna V ^a   Buck, C Loren ^b   Fedorov, Vadim B ^a   Kohl, Franziska ^a   Lee, Trixie N ^a,b   Barnes, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic ground squirrel; Fuel substrate; Hibernation; Metabolism; Real time PCR; Thermogenesis; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIBERNATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIBERNATION; LIVER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 79955009080     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.052159     Document Type: Article

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