Further evidence for the role of cryptochromes in retinohypothalamic photoreception/phototransduction

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-166

  Thompson, Carol L ^a   Selby, Christopher P ^a   Partch, Carrie L ^a   Plante, David T ^a   Thresher, Randy J ^a   Araujo, Francisco ^a   Sancar, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms and sleep; c fos; Circadian; Neural basis of behavior; Retinal degeneration; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE INDUCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL LINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOCHROMES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 1542298872     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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