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SUBMITTER: Piccin A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1460960 | biostudies-other | 2000 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Piccin A A Couchman M M Clayton J D JD Chalmers D D Costa R R Kyriacou C P CP
Genetics 20000201 2
In Drosophila, the clock gene period (per), is an integral component of the circadian clock and acts via a negative autoregulatory feedback loop. Comparative analyses of per genes in insects and mammals have revealed that they may function in similar ways. However in the giant silkmoth, Antheraea pernyi, per expression and that of the partner gene, tim, is not consistent with the negative feedback role. As an initial step in developing an alternative dipteran model to Drosophila, we have identif ...[more]