Diurnal rhythms of common α-subunit mRNA expression in the pars tuberalis of hamsters chickens

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 317, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-288

  Arai, Yuta ^a   Kameda, Yoko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subunit mRNA; Chicken (male, white leghorn); Diurnal rhythm; Djungarian hamster (male, Phodopus sungorus); Laser capture microdissection; Pars tuberalis; Photoperiod; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAMSTER; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

CRICETINAE; GALLUS GALLUS; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 4544267868     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0912-8     Document Type: Article

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