The rat oocyte synthesises melatonin

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 674-682

  Sakaguchi, Kenichiro ^a   Itoh, Masanori T ^a   Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Tarumi, Wataru ^a   Ishizuka, Bunpei ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetylserotonin O methyltransferase; arylalkylamine N acetyltransferase; mast cell; ovarian follicle; serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSEROTONIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL METABOLISM; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNTHESIS;

ACETYLSEROTONIN O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELATONIN; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876588418     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD12091     Document Type: Article

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