Rhythmic Expression of a PER-Reporter in the Malpighian Tubules of Decapitated Drosophila: Evidence for a Brain-Independent Circadian Clock

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-308

  Hege, David M ^a   Stanewsky, Ralf ^b   Hall, Jeffrey C ^b   Giebultowicz, Jadwiga M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythmicity; Excretory epithelium; Period gene; XLG transgenes

Indexed keywords

MALPIGHIA;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031196646     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200402     Document Type: Article

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