| Literature DB >> 1999237 |
T Roenneberg1, H Nakamura, L D Cranmer, K Ryan, Y Kishi, J W Hastings.
Abstract
The circadian clock in the unicellular alga Gonyaulax polyedra is accelerated by a substance in extracts from the cells themselves. The extracts have been fractionated using the circadian rhythm of bioluminescence as bioassay. The active substance, termed gonyauline, has been isolated and characterized as a novel low molecular weight cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (S-methyl-cis-2-(methylthio) cyclopropanecarboxylic acid). Synthetic gonyauline has a similar shortening effect on the period of the circadian clock.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1999237 DOI: 10.1007/bf02041268
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754