The circadian clock and glucocorticoids - Interactions across many time scales

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 2-15

  Dickmeis, Thomas ^a   Weger, Benjamin D ^a   Weger, Meltem ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Glucocorticoid; Pulsatile release; Seasonal rhythms; Signaling; Transcription

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PEROXIREDOXIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; SIRTUIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRY GENE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CIRCADIAN CLOCK; GLUCOCORTICOID; PULSATILE RELEASE; SEASONAL RHYTHMS; SIGNALING; TRANSCRIPTION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884533507     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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