Beyond intuitive modeling: Combining biophysical models with innovative experiments to move the circadian clock field forward

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-210

  Forger, Daniel ^a   Gonze, Didier ^b   Virshup, David ^c   Welsh, David K ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Mathematical models; Phosphorylation; Single cell; Tau mutation

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME 1; CRYPTOCHROME 2; PER1 PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOPHYSICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTATION; FAMILIAL ADVANCED SLEEP PHASE SYNDROME; FAMILIAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; NOISE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249066145     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730407301823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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