Melatonin synthesis pathway: Circadian regulation of the genes encoding the key enzymes in the chicken pineal gland and retina

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-334

  Bernard, Marianne ^a   Guerlotté, Jérôme ^a   Grève, Pierre ^a   Gréchez Cassiau, Aline ^a   Iuvone, Michael P ^b   Zatz, Martin ^c   Chong, Nelson W ^d   Klein, David C ^d   Voisin, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase; Melatonin; Pineal; Retina; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033368193     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19990305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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