Pleiotropic effects of cryptoChromes 1 and 2 on free-running and light-entrained murine circadian rhythms

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-203

  Van Gelder, Russell N ^a   Gibler, Therese M ^a   Tu, Daniel ^a   Embry, Kris ^a   Selby, Christopher P ^b   Thompson, Carol L ^b   Sancar, Aziz ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Cryptochrome; Entrainment; Masking; Retinal degeneration; Retinohypothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; MELANOPSIN; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MASKING; MCRY1 GENE; MCRY2 GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036665022     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01677060215306     Document Type: Article

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