Publication Date:
1979-04-13
Description:
Melatonin fulfills many of the criteria for classification as a hormone. Until recently it was considered to be elaborated exclusively by pineal organs. Melatonin synthesis by other tissues has been indicated but not demonstrated unequivocally. Trout retinas in a whole-organ culture system in vitro synthesized tritiated melatonin from a substrate containing tritiated serotonin. This raises the possibility that the trout retina is an endocrine organ.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gern, W A -- Ralph, C L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Apr 13;204(4389):183-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/432640" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Culture Techniques
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Melatonin/*biosynthesis
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Retina/*metabolism
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Serotonin/metabolism
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Trout
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics