单词 | clock gene |
释义 | > as lemmasclock gene clock gene n. Genetics a gene involved in governing or regulating the circadian rhythms of an organism. ΚΠ 1964 Neurospora Newslet. No. 5 16 Whether the period is a circadian one or a forty-eight hour one is determined by still another gene which is unlinked to the clock gene. 1976 Molecular Basis Circadian Rhythms: Rep. Dahlem Workshop, 1975 304 Mutations in at least certain ‘clock’ genes might be lethal. 1995 Sci. News 12 Aug. 109/1 An international team of investigators conducted a similar scan for clock genes in the genome of a cyanobacterium, a blue-green alga that photosynthesizes during the day. 2015 M. M. Zanquetta et al. in W. Olds Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, & Metabolism iii. 55 The control of circadian rhythm expression involves regulation at the cellular level through the clock genes. < as lemmas |
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