Time and Time Again: The Phylogeny of Melatonin as a Transducer of Biological Time

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 489-497

  Cassone, Vincent M ^a   Natesan, Arjun K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Melatonin; Phylogeny; Pineal; Retina; Visual

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

MELATONIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031304819     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200602     Document Type: Article

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