title: Molecular mechanisms underlying the Arabidopsis circadian clock.
abstract: A wide range of biological processes exhibit circadian rhythm, enabling plants to adapt to the environmental day-night cycle. This rhythm is generated by the so-called 'circadian clock'. Although a number of genetic approaches have identified >25 clock-associated genes involved in the Arabidopsis clock mechanism, the molecular functions of a large part of these genes are not known. Recent comprehensive studies have revealed the molecular functions of several key clock-associated proteins. This progress has provided mechanistic insights into how key clock-associated proteins are integrated, and may help in understanding the essence of the clock's molecular mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: RIKEN Plant Science Center, Plant Productivity Systems Research Group, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045 Japan. nnakamichi@psc.riken.jp
authors.forename: Norihito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamichi
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D057906:Circadian Clocks / Q000235:genetics*; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D055537:Light Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins