Illustration of Clock Kinase CK1 (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Illustration of Clock Kinase CK1

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Casein kinase 1 (CK1) regulates a core clock protein called PERIOD. A new study explains how mutations in either CK1 or PERIOD can throw off the timing of biological clocks in animals from fruit flies to humans.

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Illustration by Clarisse Ricci/UCSD

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