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A constitutively active cryptochrome in Drosophila melanogaster.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Aug 2004
Dissel Stephane, Codd Veryan, Fedic Robert, Garner Karen J, Costa Rodolfo, Kyriacou Charalambos P, Rosato Ezio
Abstract excerpt
Light-activated cryptochrome (CRY) regulates circadian photoresponses in Drosophila melanogaster. Removing the carboxy (C) terminus to create CRYDelta produces, in yeast, a light-independent, constitutively active form. Here we show that flies overexpressing CRYDelta have a longer free-running period of locomotor activity, as well as altered cycling kinetics of the clock proteins timeless (TIM) and period (PER)....
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