Pineal melatonin synthesis is altered in Period1 deficient mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-406

  Christ, E ^a   Pfeffer, M ^a   Korf, H W ^a   von Gall, C ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aanat; Amplitude modulation; Circadian; Negative regulator complex

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIOMETRY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 78149282017     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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