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Clock-gated photic stimulation of timeless expression at cold temperatures and seasonal adaptation in Drosophila.
Journal of biological rhythms - 1 Aug 2006
Chen Wen-Feng, Majercak John, Edery Isaac
Abstract excerpt
Numerous lines of evidence indicate that the initial photoresponse of the circadian clock in Drosophila melanogaster is the light-induced degradation of TIMELESS (TIM). This posttranslational mechanism is in sharp contrast to the well-characterized pacemakers in mammals and Neurospora, where light evokes rapid changes in the transcriptional profiles of 1 or more clock genes. The authors show that light has novel...
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