Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the clock genes, Clock and cycle, in the firebrat Thermobia domestica

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1291-1299

  Kamae, Yuichi ^a   Tanaka, Fukuto ^a   Tomioka, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apterygote insect; Circadian clock; Clock; Clock gene; Cycle; Firebrat; Molecular oscillation, RNAi

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

APTERYGOTA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; THERMOBIA DOMESTICA;

EID: 77955173123     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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