Internal body clock mystery decoded
Human body has an in-built clock that controls our sleep-wake pattern. Some scientists in Japan have found the gene that controls and regulates the whole-body circadian clock.
Researchers from RIKEN research institute, Japan have found a gene called Chrono, which acts as core clock repressor.
The team also had researchers from University of Michigan, and Hiroshima University, Japan.
Akihiro Goriki from RIKEN explained about the gene saying, "The protein Chrono binds to the regulatory region of clock genes, with its repressor function oscillating in a circadian manner. The expression of core clock genes is altered in mice lacking the Chrono gene, and the mice have longer circadian cycles."
The study was published in the journal PLOS Biology.
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