Uncoupling protein is expressed in liver mitochondria of cold‐exposed and newborn rats

FEBS Letters

Shinohara, Yasuo¹  Terada, Hiroshi¹  Shima, Atsushi¹  Kamida, Makio¹ 

[1] Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Shomachi-1, Tokushima 770, Japan

关键词: Northern blotting;    Uncoupling protein;    Rat liver mitochondria;    Brown adipose tissue;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(91)81179-C

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

Uncoupling protein has been thought to be expressed only in the brown adipose tissue mitochondria of mammals. However. mRNA encoding mitochondrial uncoupling protein was detected in the liver of newborn rats and adult rats after cold exposure, although not in the liver of untreated adult rats.

【 授权许可】

Unknown