The Goodwin oscillator: On the importance of degradation reactions in the circadian clock

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 469-479

  Ruoff, Peter ^a   Vinsjevik, Merete ^a   Monnerjahn, Christian ^b   Rensing, Ludger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock mutants; Drosophila; Goodwin oscillator; Homeostasis; Neurospora crassa; Phase shifts; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEGRADATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MODEL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RNA DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033382101     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873099129001037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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