Circadian clock neurons in the silkmoth antheraea pernyi: Novel mechanisms of period protein regulation

Neuron

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 889-900

  Sauman, Ivo ^a,b   Reppert, Steven M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

EID: 0030292818     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80220-2     Document Type: Article

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