Expression of the Mel(1a)-melatonin receptor mRNA in T and B subsets of lymphocytes from rat thymus and spleen

FASEB Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 466-473

  Pozo, David ^a   Delgado, Mario ^b   Fernandez Santos, Jose M ^c   Calvo, Juan R ^a   Gomariz, Rosa P ^b   Martin Lacave, Ines ^c   Ortiz, Genaro G ^d   Guerrero, Juan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Gene expression; Pineal gland; RNA extraction

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN CELL; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MELATONIN; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031132118     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.11.6.9194527     Document Type: Article

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