The circadian clock of Neurospora crassa

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-110

  Baker, Christopher L ^a   Loros, Jennifer J ^a   Dunlap, Jay C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Frequency; Negative feedback; Post translational modification; Protein phosphorylation; White collar

Indexed keywords

HOMODIMER; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSOL; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EXOSOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM;

CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 83355169628     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00288.x     Document Type: Review

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