Analyses of signal transduction cascades reveal an essential role of calcium ions for regulation of melatonin biosynthesis in the light-sensitive pineal organ of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2478-2489

  Kroeber, Susanne ^a   Meissl, Hilmar ^b,c   Maronde, Erik ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium oscillation; Cyclic AMP; Melatonin; Phosphorylated CREB; Proteasomal proteolysis; Trout pineal organ

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCINAL; CALCIUM ION; CALPASTATIN; COBALT CHLORIDE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; LACTACYSTIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0034106073     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0742478.x     Document Type: Article

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