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Molecular signatures of mammalian hibernation: comparisons with alternative phenotypes.
BMC genomics - 20 Aug 2013
Xu Yichi, Shao Chunxuan, Fedorov Vadim B, Goropashnaya Anna V, Barnes Brian M, Yan Jun
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BACKGROUND: Mammalian hibernators display phenotypes similar to physiological responses to calorie restriction and fasting, sleep, cold exposure, and ischemia-reperfusion in non-hibernating species. Whether biochemical changes evident during hibernation have parallels in non-hibernating systems on molecular and genetic levels is unclear. RESULTS: We identified the molecular signatures of torpor and arousal...
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