Melatonin-sensitive, serum-stimulated signalling in ovine pars tuberalis

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-231

  McNulty, S ^a   McNulty, T J ^a   Schurov, I L ^a   Morgan, P J ^b   Hastings, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; CREB; Immediate early gene; Melatonin; Pars tuberaus; Phosphorylation; Protein kinase

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 AMIDINOTHIOPROPYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; FORSKOLIN; FURA 2; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RO 31-8220; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORSKOLIN; FURA-2; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031133520     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00325.x     Document Type: Article

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