Partners in time. Circadian rhythms.
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.
Van Gelder
R N
RN
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri 63131, USA.
Krasnow
M A
MA
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
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C539040:PER protein, Drosophila; D056950:Period Circadian Proteins; C096445:tim protein, Drosophila