The Drosophila circadian pacemaker circuit: Pas de Deux or Tarantella?

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-61

  Sheeba, Vasu ^a   Kaneko, Maki ^a   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^a,b   Holmes, Todd C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Morning evening oscillator model; Oscillator; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TIMELESS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 39849106195     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230701829128     Document Type: Review

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