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Modern molecular biology and genetics has enabled significant strides in research on the basic properties of biological rhythms. This comprehensive account of the molecular basis of circadian rhythms covers these advances while providing a solid groundwork of the basic aspects of biological timing.
Sommario
Preface.
Acronyms.
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS.
1. General Concepts (Amita Sehgal).
2. Genetic and Molecular Approaches Used to Analyze Rhythms (Amita Sehgal and Jeffrey L. Price).
PART II: MOLECULAR CONTROL OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: ANIMAL MODELS.
3. Drosophila melanogaster: A Model System for Molecular Chronobiology (Jeffrey L. Price).
4. Molecular Analysis of Circadian Rhythms: Nonmammalian Vertebrates (Julie A. Williams).
5. Genetic Basis for Circadian Rhythms in Mammals (John D. Alvarez).
PART III: MOLECULAR CONTROL OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS: FROM CYANOBACTERIA TO PLANTS.
6. Circadian Rhythms in Cyanobacteria (Nirnjini Naidoo).
7. Molecular Analysis of Circadian Rhythms in Neurospora (Amita Sehgal).
8. Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Plant Circadian Clocks (Jose A. Jarillo, Juan Capel, and Anthony R. Cashmore).
PART IV: CIRCADIAN ORGANIZATION IN COMPLEX ORGANISMS.
9. Multiple Oscillators (Jadwiga M. Giebultowicz).
10. Hormonal Rhythms (Peter McNamara).
11. Human Circadian Rhythms (Hans P. A. Van Dongen, Gerard A. Kerkhof, and David F. Dinges).
Index.
