Daily AA-NAT gene expression in the camel (Camelus dromedarius) pineal gland

Chronobiology International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 800-807

  El Allali, Khalid ^a,b   Sinitskaya, Natalia ^b   Bothorel, Béatrice ^b   Achaaban, Rachid ^a   Pévet, Paul ^b   Simonneaux, Valérie ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives UPR3212   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AA NAT; Camel; Melatonin; Pineal

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AA NAT GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RODENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CAMELS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; OVIS ARIES; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 51549106555     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520802384085     Document Type: Article

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