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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Bruce Spiegelman
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-15895 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kajimura Shingo S Seale Patrick P Kubota Kazuishi K Lunsford Elaine E Frangioni John V JV Gygi Steven P SP Spiegelman Bruce M BM
Nature 20090729 7259
Brown adipose cells are specialized to dissipate chemical energy in the form of heat, as a physiological defence against cold and obesity. PRDM16 (PR domain containing 16) is a 140 kDa zinc finger protein that robustly induces brown fat determination and differentiation. Recent data suggests that brown fat cells arise in vivo from a Myf5-positive, myoblastic lineage by the action of PRDM16 (ref. 3); however, the molecular mechanisms responsible for this developmental switch is unclear. Here we s ...[more]