Circadian rhythmicity in mammals is a complex phenomenon and is under the control of a molecular pacemaker consisting of clock gene products organized in autoregulatory loops. Clock genes are found to coordinate many basic functions such as cell proliferation and apoptosis. Cancer cells and normal cells are also thought to follow different circadian rhythms. The rhythmical expression of certain key regulatory proteins in cancer cells can be used to target cancer drugs.
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