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Thermogenesis vs Thermogenin - What's the difference?

thermogenesis | thermogenin |

As nouns the difference between thermogenesis and thermogenin

is that thermogenesis is the generation of heat in an organism, especially by biochemical means while thermogenin is an uncoupling protein found in the mitochondria of brown adipose tissue, used to generate heat by non-shivering thermogenesis.

thermogenesis

English

(wikipedia thermogenesis)

Noun

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  • (biology) The generation of heat in an organism, especially by biochemical means

    • thermogenin

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia thermogenin)
  • An uncoupling protein found in the mitochondria of brown adipose tissue, used to generate heat by non-shivering thermogenesis.