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CIRCADIAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals
Example:
circadian rhythms
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
day (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes cryptochrome-1 protein, is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythm.
(CRY1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Blue light boosts alertness and regulates our internal body clock, or circadian rhythm, that tells our bodies when to sleep.
(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This protein plays a role in circadian rhythms and transcriptional repression.
(Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1 Group D Member 2, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein plays a role in transcriptional regulation of genes involved in metabolic processes and circadian rhythm.
(Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1 Group D Member 1, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes period circadian protein homolog 1, plays a role in the maintenance of circadian rhythm.
(PER1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Period circadian protein homolog 1 (1290 aa, ~136 kDa) is encoded by the human PER1 gene.
(Period Circadian Protein Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Cyanobacteria are the only bacteria that have a circadian rhythm.
(Bacteria Used to Create Fertilizer Out of Thin Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Streetlights, store front neon signs, and other light sources can suppress the sleep hormone melatonin and the natural 24-hour light-dark cycle of circadian rhythms.
(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)
Researchers have found the missing link to how pleasurable things and the circadian system influence one another.
(Neurons That Control Brain's Body Clock Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This gene plays a role in both transcriptional regulation and circadian rhythms.
(NR1D1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
