The ultradian clocks of eukaryotic microbes: Timekeeping devices displaying a homeostasis of the period

Chronobiology International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-479

  Kippert, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circaidan clock; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Temperature compensation; Ultradian clock

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; INVERTEBRATE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030767711     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529709001469     Document Type: Short Survey

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