Article
Circadian rhythms in Drosophila can be driven by period expression in a restricted group of central brain cells.
Neuron - 1 Aug 1995
Vosshall L B, Young M W
Abstract excerpt
Neural tissues controlling circadian rhythmicity have been identified in a variety of organisms and are often closely associated with the visual system. In Drosophila, the clock gene period (per), which is required for circadian rhythms, is expressed in many neurons and glia throughout the eye and brain. We asked whether biological rhythms could be generated if per expression were restricted to a subset of these...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- Brain
- Circadian Rhythm
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila Proteins
- Eye Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Insect
- Light