Oscillating gene

Oscillating gene

In molecular biology, an oscillating gene or clock gene is a gene that is expressed in an oscillating pattern, often circadian.[1]

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  1. ^ Tuttle LM, Salis H, Tomshine J, Kaznessis YN (December 2005). "Model-driven designs of an oscillating gene network". Biophys. J. 89 (6): 3873–83. doi:10.1529/biophysj.105.064204. PMC 1366954. PMID 16183880. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1366954. "Oscillatory gene networks are prevalent in nature, especially ones that generate circadian rhythms." 

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