A naturally occurring -263G/C variant of the human AA-NAT gene and overnight melatonin production

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Ying, Grace Wang ^a   Lee, Caroline Guat Lay ^a   Lee, Edmund Jon Deoon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxymelatonin sulfate; Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Inter individual variability; Melatonin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME VARIANT; MELATONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0346690068     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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