A mechanism for robust circadian timekeeping via stoichiometric balance

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Kim, Jae Kyoung ^a   Forger, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

biological clocks; circadian rhythms; gene regulatory networks; mathematical model; robustness

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA BINDING; GENE DOSAGE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OSCILLATION; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

MAMMALIA;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877625752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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