Comparative study of pineal clock gene and AANAT2 expression in relation to melatonin synthesis in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-89

  McStay, Elsbeth ^a   Migaud, Herve ^a   Vera, Luisa Maria ^b   Sánchez Vázquez, Francisco Javier ^b   Davie, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aanat2; Atlantic salmon; Clock genes; European seabass; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ARALKYLAMINE N ACETYLTRANSFERASE 2; CRYPTOCHROME 2; MELATONIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PROMOTER REGION; SALMO SALAR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CLOCK PROTEINS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALMO SALAR; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84892552338     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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