Putative melatonin receptors in the blind mole rat harderian gland

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 435-441

  Gilad, E ^a   Shanas, U ^a   Terkel, J ^a   Zisapel, N ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CASTRATION; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSOME; RAT; RODENT; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CASTRATION; FEMALE; HARDERIAN GLAND; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSOMES; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031569866     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970415)277:6<435::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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