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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila circadian oscillator consists of interlocked period (per)/timeless (tim) and Clock (Clk) transcriptional/translational feedback loops. Within these feedback loops, CLK and CYCLE (CYC) activate per and tim transcription at the same time as they repress Clk transcription, thus controlling the opposite cycling phases of these transcripts. CLK-CYC directly bind E box elements to activate transcription, but the mechanism of CLK-CYC-dependent repression is not known. Here we show that a CLK-CYC-activated gene, vrille (vri), encodes a repressor of Clk transcription, thereby identifying vri as a key negative component of the Clk feedback loop in Drosophila's circadian oscillator. The blue light photoreceptor encoding cryptochrome (cry) gene is also a target for VRI repression, suggesting a broader role for VRI in the rhythmic repression of output genes that cycle in phase with Clk.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-CLOCK Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Circadian Rhythm, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Feedback, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-G-Box Binding Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Nuclease Protection Assays, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12546820-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
VRILLE feeds back to control circadian transcription of Clock in the Drosophila circadian oscillator.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, 369 Science and Research Bldg 2, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't