Rhythmic expression of clock-controlled genes in retinal photoreceptors is sensitive to 18-beta-glycyrrhetnic acid and 18-alpha-glycyrrhetnic acid-3-hemisuccinate

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 30-39

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Semple Rowland, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Gap junction; Gene expression; In vitro; Photoreceptors; Retina

Indexed keywords

18 ALPHA GLYCYRRHETNIC ACID 3 HEMISUCCINATE; 18 BETA GLYCYRRHETNIC ACID; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO CULTURE; EXPLANT; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 18044379940     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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