Comparative analysis of Avian BMAL1 and CLOCK protein sequences: A search for features associated with owl nocturnal behaviour

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 861-874

  Fidler, Andrew E ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird behaviour; Caprimulgiformes; Circadian; Falconiformes; Molecular evolution; Nocturnal; Owl; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

CASEIN KINASE I; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PER2 PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOWL; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NIGHT; NOCTURNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OWL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TYTO ALBA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0344665755     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00276-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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