The potential role of the transcription factor RZR/ROR as a mediator of nuclear melatonin signaling

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Wiesenberg, Irmgard ^a   Missbach, Martin ^a   Carlberg, Carsten ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interference with membrane receptors; Melatonin; Natural responding genes; Nuclear receptor RZR ROR; Nuclear signaling; Regulation of transcription; Thiazolidinediones

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031847447     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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