Article
Isolation and characterization of a temperature-sensitive circadian clock mutant of Neurospora crassa.
Genetics - 1 Jun 1997
Morgan L W, Feldman J F
Abstract excerpt
A new circadian clock mutant has been isolated in Neurospora crassa. This new mutation, called period-6 (prd-6), has two features novel to known clock mutations. First, the mutation is temperature sensitive. At restrictive temperatures (above 21 degrees) the mutation shortens circadian period length from a wild-type value of 21.5 hr to 18 hr. At permissive temperatures (below 21 degrees) the mutant has a 20.5-hr...
Topics
- Biological Clocks
- Chromosome Mapping
- Circadian Rhythm
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Genes, Fungal
- Mutation
- Neurospora crassa
- Phenotype
- Temperature
- Time Factors