Serotonin N-acetyltransferase mRNA levels in photoreceptor-enriched chicken retinal cell cultures: Elevation by cyclic AMP

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1894-1900

  Grève, Pierre ^a   Alonso Gómez, Angel ^a   Bernard, Marianne ^b   Ma, Minhui ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Klein, David C ^b   Iuvone, P Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Gene expression; Melatonin; Photoreceptor; Retina; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; FORSKOLIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0344500736     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.01894.x     Document Type: Article

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