Circadian clocks: What makes them tick?

Chronobiology International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-451

  Zordan, Mauro ^b   Costa, Rodolfo ^b   Macino, Giuseppe ^b   Fukuhara, Chiaki ^a   Tosini, Gianluca ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock genes; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INSECT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGI; HUMANS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0033926902     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-100101056     Document Type: Review

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