Melatonin Synthesis and Function: Evolutionary History in Animals and Plants

Dake Zhao1,2,3, Yang Yu4, Yong Shen5, Qin Liu6, Ramaswamy Sharma7, Rüssel J. Reiter7
1Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
2Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
3School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
4State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
5College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
6School of Landscape and Horticulture, Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Agriculture, Kunming, China
7Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health), San Antonio, TX, United States

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