Putative melatonin receptors in benign human prostate tissue

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1336-1342

  Laudon, Moshe ^a   Gilad, Eli ^a   Matzkin, Haim ^a   Braf, Zvi ^a   Zisapel, Nava ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; N (2,4 DINITROPHENYL) 5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSOME; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

AGED; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 0029942770     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1336     Document Type: Article

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