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ELF4 as a Central Gene in the Circadian Clock - PubMed

Elsebeth Kolmos  1 , Seth J Davis

ELF4 as a Central Gene in the Circadian Clock

Elsebeth Kolmos et al. Plant Signal Behav. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

The light-dark cycle of the environment serves as one of the major Zeitgebers in entrainment of the circadian clock. The circadian system consists of interconnected feedback loops in which the CCA1/LHY-TOC1 loop has a central position. Genetic analyses of the elf4 mutant suggested that it is a positive regulator of CCA1 and LHY expression. Recently, we refined the mode-of-action of ELF4 in entrainment of the clock, and here hypothesize that ELF4 expression is interlocked with the CCA1/LHY-TOC1 loop.

Keywords: CCA1; ELF4; LHY; TOC1; circadian clock; entrainment; feedback loop.

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ELF4 in the three-loop model of the circadian clock. ELF4 expression is interlocked with the CCA1/LHY-TOC1 loop in the three-loop model of the central circadian network.,

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