Cellular construction of a circadian clock: Period determination in the suprachiasmatic nuclei

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 855-860

  Liu, Chen ^a   Weaver, David R ^a   Strogatz, Steven H ^b   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0031469709     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80473-0     Document Type: Article

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