Daily oscillation and photoresponses of clock gene, Clock, and clock-associated gene, arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase gene transcriptions in the rat pineal gland

Chronobiology International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Wang, Guo Qing ^a   Du, Yu Zhen ^a   Tong, Jian ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase gene; Circadian rhythm; Clock gene; Light; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PINEAL BODY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SAMPLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIGHT; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33847109855     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520601139821     Document Type: Article

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