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Enhanced stability and polyadenylation of select mRNAs support rapid thermogenesis in the brown fat of a hibernator.
eLife - 27 Jan 2015
Grabek Katharine R, Diniz Behn Cecilia, Barsh Gregory S, Hesselberth Jay R, Martin Sandra L
Abstract excerpt
During hibernation, animals cycle between torpor and arousal. These cycles involve dramatic but poorly understood mechanisms of dynamic physiological regulation at the level of gene expression. Each cycle, Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) drives periodic arousal from torpor by generating essential heat. We applied digital transcriptome analysis to precisely timed samples to identify molecular pathways that underlie the...
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