Shedding light on photoperiodism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15662-15663

  Provencio, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPN 5; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIENCEPHALON; FIBER OPTICS; FOWL; ILLUMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN COLOR; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; LIGHT;

LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 77957664008     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010370107     Document Type: Note

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