In vivo disruption of Xenopus CLOCK in the retinal photoreceptor cells abolishes circadian melatonin rhythmicity without affecting its production levels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1600-1607

  Hayasaka, Naoto ^a   LaRue, Silvia I ^a   Green, Carla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase (AANAT); Circadian clock; Dominant negative CLOCK; Melatonin rhythm; Retinal photoreceptor; Transgenic Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TADPOLE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036523030     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01600.2002     Document Type: Article

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