Ontogeny of a diurnal rhythm in arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase mRNA in rat pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-166

  Pfeffer, Martina ^a   Stehle, Jörg H ^a  

^a Dr Senckenbergische Anatomie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; cAMP signaling pathway; Development; Melatonin; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FETUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PINEAL BODY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032486362     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00356-5     Document Type: Article

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