The mammalian circadian clock

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-277

  Albrecht, Urs ^a   Eichele, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038350651     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(03)00055-8     Document Type: Review

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