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. 2021 Oct 7;53(10):1529–1538. doi: 10.1038/s12276-021-00681-0

Fig. 1. Circadian molecular clock mechanism.

Fig. 1

This autoregulatory feedback loop cycles between the CLOCK/BMAL1 transcriptional activator complex and its repressors (PER/CRY, REV-ERBα) or activators (RORα/β) to constitute the molecular clock oscillator that drives the expression of multiple clock-controlled genes (CCGs), such as metabolic genes, signaling genes, and epigenetic regulators.