Sequential nuclear accumulation of the clock proteins period and timeless in the pacemaker neurons of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 5946-5954

  Shafer, Orie T ^a   Rosbash, Michael ^b   Truman, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Drosophila; Lateral neurons; Nuclear accumulation; Period; Pigment dispersing factor; Timeless

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037101628     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-14-05946.2002     Document Type: Article

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