Neurobiology of the fruit fly's circadian clock

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-76

  Helfrich Forster C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Clock; Cycle; Period; Pigment dispersing factor; Timeless

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL KINETICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NEURONS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 14744303401     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2004.00092.x     Document Type: Review

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