Regulation of the aminolevulinate synthase gene in the syrian hamster Harderian gland: Changes during development and circadian rhythm and role of some hormones

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Rodríguez, Carmen ^a   Kotler, Monica ^a   Antolín, Isaac ^a   Sainz, Rosa María ^a   Menéndez Peláez, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; ALV S mRNA; Estrous cycle; hCG; Melatonin; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE MRNA; ESTROUS CYCLE; GENES EXPRESSION; HCG; MELATONIN; MRNA LEVELS; PROGESTERON; SYNTHASE GENE; SYNTHASES; TESTOSTERONE;

PORPHYRINS;

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PORPHYRIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HARDER GLAND; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0030007147     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960501)34:1<65::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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