Current knowledge of D-aspartate in glandular tissues

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1805-1818

  Di Fiore, Maria Maddalena ^a   Santillo, Alessandra ^a   Chieffi Baccari, Gabriella ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspartate racemase; D Aspartate; D Aspartate oxidase; Endocrine glands; Harderian gland; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ASPARTATE OXIDASE; ASPARTATE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; ISOMERASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HARDER GLAND; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PANCREAS; PAROTID GLAND; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; METABOLISM; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; SECRETION (PROCESS);

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANIMALS; D-ASPARTATE OXIDASE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HARDERIAN GLAND; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PAROTID GLAND; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, INTERMEDIATE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 84904735605     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1759-2     Document Type: Review

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