Circadian rhythmicity of tryptophan hydroxylase in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra stein and the role of tryptophan hydroxylation in bioluminescence

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Burkhardt, Susanne ^a   Hardeland, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 methoxytryp tamine; bioluminescence; circadian rhythms; dinoflagellates; Gonyaulax; indoleamines; melatonin; proton translocation; tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

GONYAULAX POLYEDRA;

EID: 0030464087     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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