Phase-dependent induction by light of rat Clock gene expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 104-110

  Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Namihira, Masakazu ^a   Tanahashi, Yusuke ^a   Ikeda, Masaaki ^b   Yu, Wangjie ^b   Honma, Ken ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMAL1; Circadian rhythm; Clock; Light; Per; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHTING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033586462     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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