Nature's Knockout: The Mel1b Receptor Is Not Necessary for Reproductive and Circadian Responses to Melatonin in Siberian Hamsters

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1478-1487

  Weaver, David R ^a,b   Liu, Chen ^a   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; MALE; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHODOPUS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS CAMPBELLI; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 0030471921     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.10.11.8923472     Document Type: Article

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