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Thymidine kinase activity of the chick pineal gland
Author(s) -
Wainwright Lillian K.,
Wainwright S.D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of pineal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1600-079X
pISSN - 0742-3098
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1991.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - pineal gland , thymidine kinase , thymidine , medicine , endocrinology , biology , circadian rhythm , melatonin , dna synthesis , in vitro , biochemistry , immunology , virus , herpes simplex virus
Wainwright LK, Wainwright SD. Thymidine kinase activity of the chick pineal gland. J. Pineal Res. 1991:J Pineal Res 1991:10:71‐73. Abstract: Pineal thymidine kinase activity of 1‐week‐old chicks in situvaried significantly throughout the day. However, the circadian rhythm of thymidine incorporation seen with cultured chick pineal glands was not accompanied by variations in level of thymidine kinase activity in vitro. Thus the circadian rhythm in rate of cumulative incorporation of thymidine by cultured chick pineal glands is not determined by a rhythm in rate of the first reaction of the complex series of reactions by which thymidine is incorporated into DNA.