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Immunological studies of the uncoupling protein of brown adipose tissue
Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology = Revue Canadienne De Biochimie Et Biologie Cellulaire
|February 1, 1985
Abstract:
The immunological relationship of the uncoupling protein from brown adipose tissue of several mammalian species was examined by using a rabbit antibody preparation against the rat protein. Complete cross-reactivity of the antibody to the protein from hamster, mouse, and rat was found, whereas the protein from rabbit cross-reacted only 25%. Cross-reactivity was also found with the human uncoupling protein, although the human protein was found to be about 1 kdalton smaller than the rat protein. No protein of the size of the uncoupling protein was detected in several tumor cell lines examined.