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Glutamine stimulates translation of uncoupling protein 2mRNA.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Jul 2007
Hurtaud C, Gelly C, Chen Z, Lévi-Meyrueis C, Bouillaud F
Abstract excerpt
Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) belongs to a family of transporters/exchangers of the mitochondrial inner membrane. Using cell lines representing natural sites of UCP2 expression (macrophages, colonocytes, pancreatic beta cells), we show that UCP2 expression is stimulated by glutamine at physiologica...
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