Influence of photoperiod on N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin in the fiddler crab Uca pugilator

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-237

  Tilden, Andrea R ^a   Alt, Jennifer ^b   Brummer, Kathleen ^b   Groth, Rachel ^b   Herwig, Kate ^b   Wilson, Aaron ^b   Wilson, Stephanie ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRAB; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UCA;

EID: 0035009674     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7641     Document Type: Article

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