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Nature 398, 557-558 (15 April 1999) | doi:10.1038/19186

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Cryptic clues to clock function

David Whitmore & Paolo Sassone-Corsi1

The discovery that plant photopigment-like molecules are essential for the mouse biological clock adds to knowledge of the clock's molecular mechanism. There is no point owning a watch unless you can set it to local time.

  1. David Whitmore and Paolo Sassone-Corsi are at the Institut de Gntique et de Biologie Molculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS-INSERM-ULP, BP 163 , 67404 Illkirch, Strasbourg, France .
    e-mail: Email: paolosc@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr