Period (gene)
Gene located on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Period (per) is a gene located on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Oscillations in levels of both per transcript and its corresponding protein PER have a period of approximately 24 hours and together play a central role in the molecular mechanism of the Drosophila biological clock driving circadian rhythms in eclosion and locomotor activity.[1][2] Mutations in the per gene can shorten (perS), lengthen (perL), and even abolish (per0) the period of the circadian rhythm.[1]
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Organism | D. melanogaster | ||||||
Symbol | per | ||||||
Entrez | 31251 | ||||||
RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_080317 | ||||||
RefSeq (Prot) | NP_525056 | ||||||
UniProt | P07663 | ||||||
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Chromosome | X: 2.58 - 2.59 Mb | ||||||
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