Role of posttranscriptional regulation in circadian clocks: Lessons from Drosophila

Chronobiology International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-414

  Edery, Isaac ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clocks; Drosophila; Review

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032805313     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529908998716     Document Type: Review

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