Aging affects the distribution of the circadian CLOCK protein in rat hepatocytes

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Malatesta, Manuela ^a   Baldelli, Beatrice ^a   Battistelli, Serafina ^a   Fattoretti, Patrizia ^b   Bertoni Freddari, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell nucleus; Circadian rhythm; Electron microscopy; Liver; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BEHAVIORAL LEVEL; BEHAVIORAL PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; CYCLIC OSCILLATIONS; HEPATOCYTES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; RAT HEPATOCYTES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

CLOCKS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RNA SPLICING; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 26844578655     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20221     Document Type: Article

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