Mini-Reviews in Recent Melatonin Research - Softcover

Hardeland, Rüdiger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3736996772 ISBN 13: 9783736996779

Verlag: Cuvillier Verlag, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Melatonin, originally only perceived as the hormone of the pineal gland, is now known to be a ubiquitous compound present in all eukaryotic clades studied so-far and in bacteria as well. In mammals, it is formed in numerous extrapineal sites, and the quantities of extrapineal melatonin exceed those in the pineal gland and in the circulation by orders of magnitude. New functions have been identified that were never considered before. In plants, morphogenetic modulation, protection of photosystems, changes in gene expression, interactions with phytohormones, protection against abiotic and biotic stress were described. In accordance with the bacterial origin of melatonin, its synthesis was demonstrated in mitochondria and chloroplasts. A newly expanding field concerns the regulation by non-coding RNAs, such as microRNAs, and by other epigenetic modulators, as well as signaling via a mitochondrial melatonin receptor. This volume may help to disseminate the information on various recent developments in melatonin research, which exceed the traditional view of this important, pleiotropic and orchestrating regulator molecule.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cuvillier Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3736996772
• ISBN 13: 9783736996779
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 126
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