Interlocked feedback loops of the circadian clock of Neurospora crassa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Brunner, Michael ^a   Káldi, Krisztina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPITON FACTOR VIVID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FREQUENCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WHITE COLLAR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WHITE COLLAR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 41049088736     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06148.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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