Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms

From: Clinical Chemistry | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Hrushesky, William J M | Copyright information

Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms. Amita Sehgal, editor. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss, 2004, 296 pp, $89.95, hardcover. ISBN 0-471-41824-2.

This book makes a major contribution for those trying to understand the biological task of accurate and flexible circadian time keeping.

The first of four parts of this book comprises two chapters: "General Concepts" and "Genetic and Molecular Approaches Used to Analyze Rhythms". The first provides a brief, rather sketchy historical backgrou...

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