Rhythmic transcription: The molecular basis of oscillatory melatonin synthesis

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 227, Issue , 2000, Pages 5-18

  Foulkes, Nicholas S ^a   Cermakian, Nicolas ^a   Whitmore, David ^a   Sassone Corsi, Paolo ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0039255870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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