Comment on “Circadian rhythms in the absence of the clock gene Bmal1 ”
Author(s) -
Elan Ness-Cohn,
Ravi Allada,
Rosemary Braun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.abe9230
Subject(s) - circadian rhythm , oscillating gene , bacterial circadian rhythms , clock , circadian clock , rhythm , biology , neuroscience , genetics , medicine
Rayet al . (Reports, 14 February 2020, p. 800) report apparent transcriptional circadian rhythms in mouse tissues lacking the core clock component BMAL1. To better understand these surprising results, we reanalyzed the associated data. We were unable to reproduce the original findings, nor could we identify reliably cycling genes. We conclude that there is insufficient evidence to support circadian transcriptional rhythms in the absence ofBmal1 .
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