Circadian melatonin production develops faster in birds than in mammals

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Zeman, Michal ^a,b   Herichová, Iveta ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Birds; Circadian system; Embryo; Ontogeny; Temperature rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRD; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRY GENE; DNA BINDING; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HATCHING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 79955734857     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.022     Document Type: Review

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