Phosphorylation regulating the ratio of intracellular CRY1 protein determines the circadian period

The core circadian oscillator in mammals is composed of transcription/translation feedback loop in which cryptochrome (CRY) proteins play critical roles as repressors of their own gene expression. Although post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation of CRY1, are crucial for circadian rh...

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Main Authors: Na Liu, Eric Erquan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2016.00159/full