Drosophila photoreceptors contain an autonomous circadian oscillator that can function without period mRNA cycling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 741-750

  Cheng, Yuzhong ^a   Hardin, Paul E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian clock; Drosophila; Gene expression; Period gene; Photoreceptors; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031961898     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-02-00741.1998     Document Type: Article

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