Self-organization in biology and development

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 145-205

  Schiffmann, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENERGY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031554727     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(97)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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