Common threads in eukaryotic circadian systems

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 400-406

  Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUKARYOTE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNGUS; LIGHT; MAMMAL; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA;

EID: 0031714306     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80109-3     Document Type: Article

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