Transition from Embryonic to Adult Transcription Pattern of Serotonin N-Acetyltransferase Gene in Avian Pineal Gland

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Obłap, Ruslan ^a,b   Olszańska, Bozenna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; Japanese quail; Melatonin receptors; Melatonin synthesis; Pineal gland development; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLUSTERIN; DNA; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RNA; SEROTONIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE; HATCHING; HEART; HEMISPHERE; LEG; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; COTURNIX; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLUS GALLUS; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 17144465664     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10391     Document Type: Article

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