Bovine arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase activity correlated with mRNA expression in pineal and retina

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Craft, Cheryl M ^a   Murage, Jaji ^a   Brown, Bruce ^a   Zhan Poe, Xinyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Molecular cloning; Pineal; Retina; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; SEROTONIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MELATONIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033582593     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00336-2     Document Type: Article

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