Moonlight affects nocturnal Period2 transcript levels in the pineal gland of the reef fish Siganus guttatus

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Sugama, Nozomi ^a   Park, Ji Gweon ^a,b   Park, Yong Ju ^a   Takeuchi, Yuki ^a   Kim, Se Jae ^b   Takemura, Akihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Golden rabbitfish; Lunar cycle; Moonlight; Per2; Period gene; Pineal gland; Teleost

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PER2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLONE; FISH; GENE; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGANUS GUTTATUS; SUNLIGHT; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; MOON; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERCIFORMES; PINEAL GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 49549106848     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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