Circadian rhythms from multiple oscillators: Lessons from diverse organisms

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 544-556

  Bell Pedersen, Deborah ^a   Cassone, Vincent M ^a   Earnest, David J ^a,b   Golden, Susan S ^a   Hardin, Paul E ^c   Thomas, Terry L ^a   Zoran, Mark J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FUNGI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ALGAE; AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 21344470923     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1633     Document Type: Review

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