MT1 melatonin receptor mRNA tissular localization by PCR amplification

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Poirel, Vincent Joseph ^a   Cailotto, Cathy ^a   Streicher, Dominique ^a   Pévet, Paul ^a   Masson Pévet, Mireille ^a   Gauer, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Circadian system; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Quantitative PCR; Receptors; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038557204     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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