The ins and outs of circadian timekeeping

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 588-594

  Brown, Steven A ^a   Schibler, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0032845797     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)00009-X     Document Type: Review

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