Gene expression of the key enzymes of melatonin synthesis in extrapineal tissues of the rat

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-247

  Stefulj, Jasminka ^a   Hörtner, Michael ^a   Ghosh, Meenakshi ^a   Schauenstein, Konrad ^a   Rinner, Ingo ^a   Wölfler, Albert ^a   Semmler, Johann ^a   Liebmann, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACETYLSEROTONIN N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035049581     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300408.x     Document Type: Article

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