Time at the end of the millennium: The Neurospora clock

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 698-706

  Loros, Jennifer J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NEUROSPORA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032243078     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80118-5     Document Type: Article

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