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A Compensated Clock: Temperature and Nutritional Compensation Mechanisms Across Circadian Systems.

Elizabeth-Lauren Stevenson, Adrienne K Mehalow, Jennifer J Loros, Christina M Kelliher, Jay C Dunlap

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elizabeth-Lauren StevensonDepartment of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1411-7360
Adrienne K MehalowDepartment of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1744-827X
Jennifer J LorosDepartment of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
Christina M KelliherDepartment of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-1818
Jay C DunlapDepartment of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1577-0457

Funding

Genetic and Molecular Dissection of the Neurospora ClockR35GM118021 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Jay C. Dunlap · 2016 to 2026
$7.3M
Deciphering metabolic and cellular effectors of nutritional compensation in the circadian clockR35GM157067 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON · PI Christina Kelliher · 2025 to 2026
$748k
Role of Phosphorylation in Determining Circadian Period Length and Temperature CompensationF31HL165774 · NHLBI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI STEVENSON, ELIZABETH-LAUREN · 2023 to 2025
$146k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL165774NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118021NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM157067NIH NHLBI F31HL165774NIH NIGMS R35GM118021NIH NIGMS R35GM157067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian rhythms are ∼24-h biological oscillations that enable organisms to anticipate daily environmental cycles, so that they may designate appropriate day/night functions that align with these changes. The molecular clock in animals and fungi consists of a transcription-translation feedback loop, the plant clock is comprised of multiple interlocking feedback-loops, and the cyanobacterial clock is driven by a phosphorylation cycle involving three main proteins. Despite the divergent core clock mechanisms across these systems, all circadian clocks are able to buffer period length against changes in the ambient growth environment, such as temperature and nutrients. This defining capability, termed compensation, is critical to proper timekeeping, yet the underlying mechanism(s) remain elusive. Here we examine the known players in, and the current models for, compensation across five circadian systems. While compensation models across these systems are not yet unified, common themes exist across them, including regulation via temperature-dependent changes in post-translational modifications.

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Circadian ClocksCircadian RhythmAnimalsCyanobacteriaPhosphorylationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalTemperatureArabidopsiscircadian rhythmscyanobacteriaDrosophilaNeurosporanutritional compensationtemperature compensation

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PMID39696884
PMCPMC12365780

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