Rhythmic transcription: The molecular basis of circadian melatonin synthesis

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 487-494

  Foulkes, Nicholas S ^a   Whitmore, David ^a   Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

AANAT; CREM; Melatonin; Pineal

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AUTOREGULATION; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; OSCILLATION; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031279871     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(98)80004-X     Document Type: Review

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