The hitchhiker’s guide to PGC-1α isoform structure and biological functions

Diabetologia

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1969-1977

  Martínez Redondo, Vicente ^a   Pettersson, Amanda T ^a   Ruas, Jorge L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; Alternative splicing; Brown adipose tissue; Hypertrophy; Isoforms; NT PGC 1 ; PGC 1 ; PGC 1 b; PGC 1 4; Review; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA 2; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA 3; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA 4; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA B; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84938739472     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3671-z     Document Type: Review

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