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SUBMITTER: Grskovic P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10531145 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The circadian rhythm is a self-sustaining 24 h cycle that regulates physiological processes within the body, including cycles of alertness and sleepiness. Cells have their own intrinsic clock, which consists of several proteins that regulate the circadian rhythm of each individual cell. The core of the molecular clock in human cells consists of four main circadian proteins that work in pairs. The CLOCK-BMAL1 heterodimer and the PER-CRY heterodimer each regulate the other pair's expression, formi ...[more]