Mechanisms of clock output in the Drosophila circadian pacemaker system

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-457

  Taghert, Paul H ^a   Shafer, Orie T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock output; Drosophila; E and M oscillators; Pacemaker neurons; Pigment dispersing factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PIGMENT;

CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750742285     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406293910     Document Type: Review

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