title: Partners in time. Circadian rhythms.
abstract: The timeless gene is a second essential component of the circadian clock in Drosophila; its product interacts physically with the only other known clock component, the period gene product. Together they control the daily cycle of expression of their own and other loci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri 63131, USA.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Van Gelder
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Krasnow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000235:genetics; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D056950:Period Circadian Proteins
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C539040:PER protein, Drosophila; D056950:Period Circadian Proteins; C096445:tim protein, Drosophila