A comparative approach to understanding tissue-specific expression of uncoupling protein 1 expression in adipose tissue

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Shore, Andrew ^a   Emes, Richard D ^b   Wessely, Frank ^b   Kemp, Paul ^c   Cillo, Clemente ^d   D'Armiento, Maria ^d   Hoggard, Nigel ^e   Lomax, Michael A ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CpG islands; Methylation; Phylogenic analysis; Uncoupling protein 1

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BOVINAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876162099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00304     Document Type: Article

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