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It must be important but what does it do? The strange case of UCP2

05:05 EDT 17 Aug 2012 | Medical Xpress

When uncoupling proteins are active, mitochondria produce heat instead of ATP. This may be useful under certain circumstances, such as when an animal is hibernating. But non-hibernating animals also have them. Particularly poorly understood is the un..

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