Circadian Rhythm Genetics
- 27 January 2006
- book chapter
- Published by Wiley
Abstract
Circadian clocks drive cyclic changes in behavior, physiology and metabolism, have a periodicity of about 24 h, and are entrained to the earthly day–night cycle by light. The circadian oscillator is composed of an autoregulatory feedback loop of clock genes that positively and negatively affect their own transcription levels and each other's.Keywords
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