Academics discover variation in circadian clock protein in fruit flies

Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 18:30 in Biology & Nature

This is a 3D structure of Cryptochrome -- a blue light photoreceptor; a natural variation in a single amino acid shown in green, has impact on behavior and development of... The circadian clock is a molecular network that generates daily rhythms, and is present in both plants and animals.

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