Circadian clocks: A receptor for subtle temperature changes.

François Rouyer (1) , Abhishek Chatterjee (1)

1 NeuroPSI - Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay

The protein IR25a is best known for its role as an odour receptor in flies, but an analysis reveals that it also acts to synchronize the circadian clock by sensing small temperature fluctuations. See Letter p.516

Domaines: Neurobiologie; Psychologie et comportements; Sciences cognitives

François Rouyer, Abhishek Chatterjee. Circadian clocks: A receptor for subtle temperature changes.. Nature, 2015, 527 (7579), pp.449-51. ⟨10.1038/nature16316⟩. ⟨hal-01240835⟩