The Neurospora circadian system

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 414-424

  Dunlap, Jay C ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Evolutionary conservation; Feedback loop; FLO; frq; Light resetting; Photoreceptor; Temperature responses; wc 1; wc 2

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DIMERIZATION; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE; TURNOVER TIME; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FLOS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 4544359281     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730404269116     Document Type: Review

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