Molecular Circadian Oscillators: An Alternative Hypothesis

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-179

  Roertneberg, Till ^a   Merrow, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Circadian clocks; Molecular feedback loops

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MUTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 0032039891     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000011     Document Type: Article

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