Circadian rhythms in Neurospora crassa: Farnesol or geraniol allow expression of rhythmicity in the otherwise arrhythmic strains frq10, wc-1, and wc-2

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-296

  Granshaw, Tabitha ^a   Tsukamoto, Michelle ^a   Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Farnesol; frq10; Geraniol; Neurospora; wc 1; wc 2

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; GERANIOL;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FRQ GENE; GENE MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; WC1 GENE; WC2 GENE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FARNESOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POINT MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0141732272     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730403255934     Document Type: Article

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