CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS 2007/E

Preface Contributors I. Overviews. 1. Light, photoreceptors and circadian clocks Russell G. Foster, Mark W. Hankins and Stuart N. Peirson 2. Statistical analysis of biological rhythm data Harold B. Dowse II. Rhythmic Readouts. 3. Rhythmic conidiation in Neurospora crassa. Cas Kramer 4. Monitoring and analyzing Drosophila circadian locomotor activity. Mauro A. Zordan, Clara Benna and Gabriella Mazzotta. 5. Automated video image analysis of larval zebrafish locomotor rhythms. Gregory M. Cahill 6. Locomotor activity in rodents. Gianluca Tosini 7. Analysis of circadian leaf movement rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Kieron D. Edwards and Andrew J. Millar 8. Detection of rhythmic bioluminescence from luciferase reporters in cyanobacteria. Shannon R. Canales, Jayna L. Ditty, Eugenia M. Clerico and Susan S. Golden 9. Analysis of rhythmic gene expression in adult Drosophila using the firefly-luciferase reporter gene. Ralf Stanewsky 10. Monitoring circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana using luciferase reporter genes. Anthony Hall and Paul Brown III. Identification of Clock Genes. 11. Specialized techniques for site directed mutagenesis in cyanobacteria Eugenia M. Clerico, Jayna L. Ditty and Susan S. Golden 12. Novel strategies for the identification of clock genes in Neurospora with insertional mutagenesis Kruno Sveric, Moyra Mason, Till Roenneberg and Martha Merrow 13. Mutagenesis with Drosophila Patrick Emery 14. Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis. Jodi Maple and Simon G. Møller 15. Yeast-two-hybrid screening. Jodi Maple and Simon G. Møller 16. Microarrays: quality control and hybridization protocol. Ken-ichiro Uno and Hiroki R. Ueda 17. Microarrays:statistical methods for circadian rhythms. Rikuhiro Yamada and Hiroki R. Ueda 18. Identification of clock genes using difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE). Natasha A. Karp and Kathryn S. Lilley IV. Gene Expression: RNA. 19. Isolation of total RNA from Neurospora mycelium. Cas Kramer 20. RNA extraction from Drosophila heads. Patrick