Expression and nocturnal increase of type II iodothyronine deiodinase mRNA in rat pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-67

  Murakami, Masami ^a   Hosoi, Yasuhiro ^a   Negishi, Tetsuo ^a   Kamiya, Yuji ^a   Ogiwara, Takayuki ^a   Mizuma, Haruo ^a   Yamada, Masanobu ^a   Iriuchijima, Tokuji ^a   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iodothyronine deiodinase; Northern analysis; Pineal body; Polymerase chain reaction; Reverse transcription; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEIODINATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031011822     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00298-X     Document Type: Article

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