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A new role for an old kinase: CK2 and the circadian clock

A multifunctional kinase, casein kinase 2, regulates the Drosophila circadian clock and is exclusively expressed in the clock pacemaker neurons of the adult Drosophila brain.

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Figure 1: Nuclear translocation of the Per and Tim clock proteins is regulated by three kinases.

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Blau, J. A new role for an old kinase: CK2 and the circadian clock. Nat Neurosci 6, 208–210 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0303-208

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