Analysis of the drosophila clock promoter reveals heterogeneity in expression between subgroups of central oscillator cells and identifies a novel enhancer region

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-367

  Gummadova, Jennet Orazmuradovna ^a   Coutts, Graham Andrew ^a   Glossop, Nicholas Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pacemaker; Circadian; Clk Gal4; Clock expression; Clock heterogeneity; Drosophila; Oscillator

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL OSCILLATOR NEURON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL NEURON 1 ANTERIOR; DORSAL NEURON 1 POSTERIOR; DORSAL NEURON 2; DORSAL NEURON 3; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; KENYON CELL; LATERAL NEURON; LIGHT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTOPERIOD; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 73049085057     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409343890     Document Type: Article

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