News tagged with clock genes

results timeline


Hebrew University, US scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.


Missing or mutated 'clock' gene linked to vascular disease

Missing or mutated 'clock' gene linked to vascular disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The circadian clocks that set the rhythmic motion of our bodies for wakeful days and sleepy nights can also set us up for vascular disease when broken, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


Drosophila melanogaster

Siestas Among the Drosophilae

Biology /

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Isaac Edery is concerned with biological clocks, internal mechanisms that enable virtually all plants and animals to behave in rhythmic biological cycles known as circadian rhythms.


Faulty body clock may make kids bipolar

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Malfunctioning circadian clock genes may be responsible for bipolar disorder in children. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry found four versions of the regulatory gene RORB that were associated with p ...


Molecular basis and regulation of circadian rhythms in plants

Biology /

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Dr. C. Robertson McClung and his colleagues are investigating the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of circadian cycling and regulation in plants. Dr. McClung, of the Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, ...