A fungus among us: The Neurospora crassa circadian system

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-285

  Merrow, Martha ^a   Roenneberg, Till ^a   Macino, Giuseppe ^b   Franchi, Lisa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Frequency; Neurospora crassa

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNCYTIUM; VERTEBRATE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035782959     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2001.0255     Document Type: Article

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