Expression and cellular localizaion of melatonin-synthesizing enzymes in rat and human salivary glands

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-396

  Shimozuma, Masashi ^a   Tokuyama, Reiko ^a   Tatehara, Seiko ^a   Umeki, Hirochika ^a   Ide, Shinji ^a   Mishima, Kenji ^a   Saito, Ichiro ^a   Satomura, Kazuhito ^a  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase (AANAT); Hydroxyindole O methyltransferase (HIOMT); Melatonin; Melatonin 1a receptor; Oral mucosa; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HYDORXYINDOLE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MOUTH MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 79956203762     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-011-0800-8     Document Type: Article

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