Molecular analysis of clock gene expression in the avian brain

Chronobiology International

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Helfer, Gisela ^a,b   Fidler, Andrew E ^b   Vallone, Daniela ^c   Foulkes, Nicholas S ^c   Brandstaetter, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird brain; Birds; Circadian clock; Circadian rhythm; Clock genes (Bmal1, Clock, Per2, Per3, Cry1, and Cry2)

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYPTOCHROME; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIRD; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1 GENE; CRY2 GENE; CRY4 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PER2 GENE; PER3 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA EXTRACTION; SPARROW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPARROWS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 33646672209     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520500521871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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