Astrocytes in Master Clock Light up When Expressing Clock Genes (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Astrocytes in Master Clock Light up When Expressing Clock Genes

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In this slice of the master clock, cells expressing an astrocyte-specific structural protein that had been stained red (top right panel) matched up well with cells that had been equipped to fluoresce green when they were expressing a clock gene (middle right panel), demonstrating that the scientists could watch astrocytes tick in the clock.

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Herzog Lab.

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