Melatonin receptor 1-dependent gene expression in the mouse pars tuberalis as revealed by cDNA microarray analysis and in situ hybridization

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-156

  Unfried, Claudia ^a   Burbach, Guido ^a   Korf, Horst Werner ^a   Von Gall, Charlotte ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BHLH PAS transcription factor; Cry1; MT1; Neurod1; Npas4; Pars tuberalis; Tim

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRYPTOCHROMES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 75149153277     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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