Circadian rhythms in microorganisms: New complexities

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2004, Pages 489-519

  Lakin Thomas, Patricia L ^a   Brody, Stuart ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clocks; Fungi; Gonyaulax; Neurospora; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

FLO PROTEIN; FRQ LESS OSCILLATOR PROTEIN; FRQ PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WC 1 PROTEIN; WHITE COLLAR PROTEIN;

ASPERGILLUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRQ GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GONYAULAX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUROSPORA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WC 1 GENE; WC 2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSPORA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; GONYAULAX; NEUROSPORA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 8644277897     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.58.030603.123744     Document Type: Review

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