A circadian clock entrained by melatonin is ticking in the rat fetal adrenal

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1891-1900

  Torres Farfan, C ^a   Mendez, N ^a   Abarzua Catalan, L ^a   Vilches, N ^a   Valenzuela, G J ^b   Seron Ferre, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMAL 1 PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; PER 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MELATONIN; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955365967     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1260     Document Type: Article

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