Due to a loss of functionality in hematopoietic stem cells, immune defects occur during aging. Now, researchers have identified gene Per2, whose deletion leads to a stabilization of the number of ...

Whereas circadian period length in Drosophila melanogaster is directly connected to Per protein phosphorylation and stability 4, the molecular correlate for period length in mammals is not known.

Researchers find that a key circadian clock controlling kinase, CK1D -- controlling the stability of PER2 -- has two forms, one that stabilizes PER2 and one that destabilizes it. A long-studied factor ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Casein kinase 1 (CK1) plays a central role in regulating the period of the circadian clock. In mammals, PER2 protein abundance is regulated by ...

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