The circadian timekeeping system of Drosophila. Academic Article

abstract

• Daily rhythms in behavior, physiology and metabolism are controlled by endogenous circadian clocks. At the heart of these clocks is a circadian oscillator that keeps circadian time, is entrained by environmental cues such as light and activates rhythmic outputs at the appropriate time of day. Genetic and molecular analyses in Drosophila have revealed important insights into the molecules and mechanisms underlying circadian oscillator function in all organisms. In this review I will describe the intracellular feedback loops that form the core of the Drosophila circadian oscillator and consider how they are entrained by environmental light cycles, where they operate within the fly and how they are thought to control overt rhythms in physiology and behavior. I will also discuss where work remains to be done to give a comprehensive picture of the circadian clock in Drosophila and likely many other organisms.

authors

• Hardin, Paul

published proceedings

• Curr Biol

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Hardin, P. E.

citation count

• 343

complete list of authors

• Hardin, Paul E

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current Biology  Journal

keywords

• ARNTL Transcription Factors
• Animals
• Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
• Biological Clocks
• CLOCK Proteins
• Circadian Rhythm
• Cues
• Drosophila
• Drosophila Proteins
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Light
• Models, Biological
• Nuclear Proteins
• Period Circadian Proteins
• Transcription Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.019

start page

• R714

end page

• R722

volume

• 15

issue

• 17

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.cub.2005.08.019