Functional analysis of circadian pacemaker neurons in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2531-2543

  Rieger, Dirk ^a   Shafer, Orie Thomas ^b   Tomioka, Kenji ^c   Helfrich Förster, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constant light; Cryptochrome; Dual oscillators; Internal desynchronization; Period; Timeless

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN PERIOD; PROTEIN TIMELESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; EYE PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PDF PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PERIOD PROTEIN, INSECT; TIMELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645646764     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1234-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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