Molecular and cellular analyses of melatonin receptor-mediated cAMP signaling in rat corpus epididymis

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 219-228

  Li, Li ^a   Xu, Jian N ^a   Wong, Yung H ^b   Wong, Joseph T Y ^b   Pang, Shiu F ^a   Shiu, Stephen Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; Corpus epididymis; Epithelial cells; G protein; Isoproterenol; Melatonin receptor; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HAMSTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORSKOLIN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MELATONIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032429941     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00391.x     Document Type: Article

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