Serotoninergic system in hamster skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 934-942

  Slominski, Andrzej ^a   Pisarchik, Alexander ^a   Semak, Igor ^b   Sweatman, Trevor ^a   Szczesniewski, Andre ^c   Wortsman, Jacobo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; N acetylserotonin; Serotonin; Skin; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; N ACETYLTRYPTAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SKIN; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036428645     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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