Closing the circadian negative feedback loop: FRQ-dependent clearance of WC-1 from the nucleus

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3196-3204

  Hong, Christian I ^a   Ruoff, Peter ^b   Loros, Jennifer J ^a   Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Circadian; FRQ; Negative feedback; WC 1

Indexed keywords

FRQ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WCC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WC 1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLEARANCE; COMPUTER MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 56549111204     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1706908     Document Type: Article

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