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Circadian clocks

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Daily remodelling of histone proteins underlies interactions between circadian clock genes and metabolic genes. This regulatory mechanism could be widespread, affecting other physiological processes.

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Figure 1: Clock genes in health and disease.

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  1. Fred W. Turek is at the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208–3520, USA. fturek@northwestern.edu ,

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The author has been a consultant and has received an honorarium and/or grant support from the following companies with an interest in sleep/circadian rhythms: Merck; Astra-Zeneca; Servier; Sanofi-Aventis, Resporonics; and Johnson & Johnson. He is also chief executive of (and holds equity in) a small company, NuNetix Inc., that works with pharmaceutical companies to test their compounds for effects on sleep and/or circadian rhythms.

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