Blind clocks reveal elusive light input pathway in Drosophila

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 627-628

  Shafer, Orie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; EYE; LIGHT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATOR GENE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY; TIME;

EID: 0035511120     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01934-2     Document Type: Review

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