A reduced model clarifies the role of feedback loops and time delays in the Drosophila circadian oscillator

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2349-2359

  Smolen, Paul ^a   Baxter, Douglas A ^a   Byrne, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DCLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PERIOD PROTEIN, INSECT; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

INSECTA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036840199     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75249-1     Document Type: Article

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