The pineal gland and melatonin: Molecular and pharmacologic regulation

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue , 1999, Pages 53-65

  Borjigin, Jimo ^a,b   Li, Xiaodong ^a   Snyder, Solomon H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP response element; Circadian rhythms; Cone rod homeobox; Serotonin N acetyltransferase; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND;

EID: 0032953163     PISSN: 03621642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.39.1.53     Document Type: Review

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