Article
Reversible protein phosphorylation regulates circadian rhythms.
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology - 1 Jan 2007
Virshup D M, Eide E J, Forger D B, Gallego M, Harnish E Vielhaber
Abstract excerpt
Protein phosphorylation regulates the period of the circadian clock within mammalian cells. Circadian rhythms are an approximately 24-hour cycle that regulates key biological processes. Daily fluctuations of wakefulness, stress hormones, lipid metabolism, immune function, and the cell division cycle are controlled by the molecular clocks that function throughout our bodies. Mutations in regulatory components of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
