Detection of melatonin and serotonin N-acetyltransferase and hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase activities in rat ovary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-13

  Itoh, Masanori T ^a   Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a   Kudo, Yoshiko ^a   Fusama, Sigeyoshi ^a   Amemiya, Akira ^a   Sumi, Yawara ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase; Melatonin; Rat ovary; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; LIGHT; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RETINA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345676553     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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