RNA interference of the clock gene period disrupts circadian rhythms in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-318

  Moriyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^a   Karpova, Svetlana G ^a   Matsumoto, Akira ^b   Noji, Sumihare ^c   Tomioka, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Clock genes; Cricket; Locomotor activity; Period; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENES, INSECT; GRYLLIDAE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 47549117173     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408320486     Document Type: Article

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