The itty-bitty time machine. Genetics of the cyanobacterial circadian clock

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue , 2011, Pages 13-53

  Mackey, Shannon R ^a   Golden, Susan S ^b   Ditty, Jayna L ^c  

^a ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Cell division; Kai; Phosphatase; Superhelicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052872129     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387690-4.00002-7     Document Type: Chapter

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