Classic Circadian Characteristics: Historical Perspective and Properties Relative to the Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 Model; Speculation and Hoopla: Is Diversity Expected in Cyanobacterial Circadian Timing Systems?; Circadian Rhythm of Cyanothece RF-1(Synechococcus RF-1); The Decade of Discovery: How Synechococcus elongatus Became a Model Circadian System 1990-2000; The Kai Oscillator; NMR Studies of a Timekeeping System; Structural Aspects of the Cyanobacterial KaiABC Circadian Clock; Mechanisms for Entraining the Cyanobacterial Circadian Clock System with the Environment
Summary
The cyanobacterial model system for studying circadian rhythms, Synechococcus elongatus, has allowed a detailed genetic dissection of the bacterial clock due to the methods currently available in molecular, structural, and evolutionary biology. This book addresses multiple aspects of bacterial circadian programs