The circadian timing system: Making sense of day/night gene expression

Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-28

  Richter, Hans G ^a   Torres Farfń, Claudia ^b   Rojas García, Pedro P ^b   Campino, Carmen ^c   Torrealba, Fernando ^b   Serón Ferré, María ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Unidad de Reproduccion y Desarrollo   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Circadian timing system; Clock genes; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MELATONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

BEHAVIOR; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; KIDNEY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942733119     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602004000100003     Document Type: Review

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