The mammalian circadian clock: A network of gene expression

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 48-55

  Albrecht, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cry; Feedback Loop; Hormones; Per; Review

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAMSTER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 1942480148     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1196     Document Type: Review

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