Development of a high-throughput bioassay to screen melatonin receptor agonists using human melatonin receptor expressing CHO cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^a   Kato, Nobumasa ^b   Yamada, Naoto ^c  

^a JCR Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

125I Melatonin binding assay; Calcium; CHO cells; Fluorescent imaging plate reader; G Protein coupled receptors; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

AGONIST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT IMAGING PLATE READER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0038697483     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00419-1     Document Type: Article

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