Evolution of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins: novel invertebrate UCP homologues suggest early evolutionary divergence of the UCP family
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Perspectives on the biology of uncoupling protein (UCP) homologues.
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.11.103