The cyanobacterial circadian system: A clock apart

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 669-673

  Golden, Susan S ^a   Johnson, Carl Hirschie ^b   Kondo, Takao ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032235125     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80113-6     Document Type: Article

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