Posttranscriptional regulation of pineal melatonin synthesis in Octodon degus

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Lee, Soo Jung ^a   Liu, Tiecheng ^a   Chattoraj, Asamanja ^a   Zhang, Samantha L ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Lee, Theresa M ^a,b   Wang, Michael M ^a   Borjigin, Jimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase (AANAT); Degus; In vivo microdialysis; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Posttranscriptional control

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURNAL ANIMAL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PINEAL BODY; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MICRODIALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 67650001332     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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