Diversity of KaiC-based timing systems in marine Cyanobacteria.

doi:10.1016/j.margen.2013.12.006

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Diversity of KaiC-based timing systems in marine Cyanobacteria.

Marine genomics - 1 Apr 2014

Axmann Ilka M, Hertel Stefanie, Wiegard Anika, Dörrich Anja K, Wilde Annegret

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The coordination of biological activities into daily cycles provides an important advantage for the fitness of diverse organisms. Most eukaryotes possess an internal clock ticking with a periodicity of about one day to anticipate sunrise and sunset. The 24-hour period of the free-running rhythm i...

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Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins
Circadian Clocks
Circadian Rhythm
Circadian Rhythm Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Cyanobacteria
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Phosphorylation
Sequence Alignment
Signal Transduction
Species Specificity

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