The ovine melatonin-related receptor: Cloning and preliminary distribution and binding studies

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 651-661

  Drew, Janice E ^a   Barrett, Perry ^a   Williams, Lynda M ^a   Conway, Shaun ^a   Morgan, Peter J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Melatonin receptors; Melatonin related receptors; N acetyl transferase; Ovine; Pituitary; Retina

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXON; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031872693     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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