Clock genes and their genomic distributions in three species of salmonid fishes: Associations with genes regulating sexual maturation and cell cycling

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Clock family genes encode transcription factors that regulate clock-controlled genes and thus regulate many physiological mechanisms/processes in a circadian fashion. Clock1 duplicates and copies of Clock3 and NPAS2-like genes were p...

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Main Authors: Ferguson Moira M, Moghadam Hooman K, Paibomesai Marion I, Danzmann Roy G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/3/215