Temporal phosphorylation of the Drosophila period protein.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.6.2260

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Temporal phosphorylation of the Drosophila period protein.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Mar 1994

Edery I, Zwiebel L J, Dembinska M E, Rosbash M

Abstract excerpt

The period gene (per) is required for Drosophila melanogaster to manifest circadian (congruent to 24 hr) rhythms. We report here that per protein (PER) undergoes daily oscillations in apparent molecular mass as well as abundance. The mobility changes are largely or exclusively due to multiple pho...

Topics

Animals
Blotting, Western
Circadian Rhythm
Drosophila Proteins
Drosophila melanogaster
Mutation
Nuclear Proteins
Period Circadian Proteins
Phenotype
Phosphorylation

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