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SUBMITTER: Schwartz TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2599945 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwartz Tonia S TS Schwartz Tonia S TS Murray Shauna S Seebacher Frank F
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20080401 1637
Many animals upregulate metabolism in response to cold. Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) increase proton conductance across the mitochondrial membrane and can thereby alleviate damage from reactive oxygen species that may form as a result of metabolic upregulation. Our aim in this study was to determine whether reptiles (Crocodylus porosus) possess UCP genes. If so, we aimed to place reptilian UCP genes within a phylogenetic context and to determine whether the expression of UCP genes is increased dur ...[more]