Molecular mechanisms of circadian timekeeping in Drosophila

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Hardin, Paul E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Feedback loops; Molecular clocks; Post translational regulation; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HETERODIMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TIMELESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; CYCLE PROTEIN; DOUBLETIME KINASE; PER PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TIM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; E BOX ELEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CWO GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NIGHT; PAR DOMAIN PROTEIN 1EPSILON GENE; PER GENE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TIM GENE; VRI GENE;

EID: 73949106194     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2009.00412.x     Document Type: Review

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