Cell biology: A fable of too much too fast

Nature. 2013 Mar 7;495(7439):57-8. doi: 10.1038/nature11952. Epub 2013 Feb 17.

Abstract

A bacterium and a fungus both use gene sequences that fail to optimize the production of circadian-clock proteins. Two studies reveal different reasons for the advantages of producing less protein.

Publication types

  • News
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • CLOCK Proteins / genetics*
  • Circadian Clocks / genetics*
  • Circadian Clocks / physiology*
  • Codon / genetics*
  • Fungal Proteins / chemistry*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal*
  • Genes, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Neurospora crassa*
  • Synechococcus / genetics*
  • Synechococcus / physiology*

Substances

  • Codon
  • FRQ protein, Neurospora crassa
  • Fungal Proteins
  • CLOCK Proteins