MELATONIN SYNTHESIS BY THE RETINA

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GERN, WA

RALPH, CL

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SCIENCE | 1979年 / 204卷 / 4389期

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10.1126/science.432640

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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.

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