Shedding new light on circadian clocks

Using a clever combination of genetic and biochemical tools researchers have shown that a transcription factor called USF1 has a central role in determining how mutations of the Clock gene manifest themselves in the behaviour of different mouse strains.

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Main Authors: Maud Demarque, Ueli Schibler
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Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2013-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/00659
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description Using a clever combination of genetic and biochemical tools researchers have shown that a transcription factor called USF1 has a central role in determining how mutations of the Clock gene manifest themselves in the behaviour of different mouse strains.
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spelling doaj.art-d762a89dbfc2400fad4ca5686fb1042f2022-12-22T03:24:25ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2013-04-01210.7554/eLife.00659Shedding new light on circadian clocksMaud Demarque0Ueli Schibler1Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerlandthe Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandUsing a clever combination of genetic and biochemical tools researchers have shown that a transcription factor called USF1 has a central role in determining how mutations of the Clock gene manifest themselves in the behaviour of different mouse strains.https://elifesciences.org/articles/00659Clock geneUSF1genetic modifiercircadian rhythmmouse geneticChIP-Seq
spellingShingle Maud Demarque
Ueli Schibler
Shedding new light on circadian clocks
eLife
Clock gene
USF1
genetic modifier
circadian rhythm
mouse genetic
ChIP-Seq
title Shedding new light on circadian clocks
title_full Shedding new light on circadian clocks
title_fullStr Shedding new light on circadian clocks
title_full_unstemmed Shedding new light on circadian clocks
title_short Shedding new light on circadian clocks
title_sort shedding new light on circadian clocks
topic Clock gene
USF1
genetic modifier
circadian rhythm
mouse genetic
ChIP-Seq
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/00659
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