Transcriptional regulation of arylalkylamine- N -acetyltransferase-2 gene in the pineal gland of the gilthead seabream

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-53

  Zilberman Peled, B ^a   Appelbaum, L ^a,g   Vallone, D ^b   Foulkes, N S ^b   Anava, S ^a   Anzulovich, A ^c   Coon, S L ^d   Klein, D C ^d   Falcon J ^e   Ron, B ^f   Gothilf, Yoav ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^f ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AANAT; BMAL; CLOCK; Melatonin; OTX5

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX5;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; E BOX ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA BREAM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PINEAL GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEA BREAM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33845239933     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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