A model of molecular circadian clocks: Multiple mechanisms for phase shifting and a requirement for strong nonlinear interactions

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-220

  Scheper, Tjeerd Olde ^a   Klinkenberg, Don ^a   Van Pelt, Jaap ^a   Pennartz, Cyriel ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Drosophila; Entrainment; Neurospora; Nonlinearity; Phase shift; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; NEUROSPORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033153615     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129000623     Document Type: Article

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