The transcription factor Mef2 is required for normal circadian behavior in Drosophila

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5855-5865

  Blanchard, Florence J ^a   Collins, Ben ^a   Cyran, Shawn A ^a   Hancock, Daniel H ^b   Taylor, Michael V ^b   Blau, Justin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951654682     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2688-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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