Diversity of human clock genotypes and consequences.

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-396971-2.00003-8

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Diversity of human clock genotypes and consequences.

Progress in molecular biology and translational science - 1 Jan 2013

Zhang Luoying, Ptáček Louis J, Fu Ying-Hui

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The molecular clock consists of a number of genes that form transcriptional and posttranscriptional feedback loops, which function together to generate circadian oscillations that give rise to circadian rhythms of our behavioral and physiological processes. Genetic variations in these clock genes...

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CLOCK Proteins
Genotype
Humans

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