The in(put)s and out(put)s of the Drosophila circadian clock.
Circadian clocks are aligned to the 24-h environmental day via zeitgebers, and information from the clock must be relayed to the rest of the organism. Recent studies addressing temperature as an input to, and the generation of rhythmic gene expression as an output from, the Drosophila central clock are discussed.
Boothroyd
Catharine E
CE
Laboratory of Genetics, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Young
Michael W
MW
D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D013696:Temperature