Mechanisms regulating melatonin synthesis in the mammalian pineal organ

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1057, Issue , 2005, Pages 372-383

  Schomerus, Christof ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AANAT; Biological rhythms; Circadian; Norepinephrine; pCREB; Pineal gland; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN 14 3 3;

AANAT GENE; ADAPTATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VERTEBRATE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 32244443541     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1356.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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