Modelling the activity of the Ultrabithorax parasegment-specific regulatory domains around their anterior boundaries

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-413

  Singh, Prim B ^a   Brown, David ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BLASTODERM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MODEL; HOMEOBOX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0031582484     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0368     Document Type: Article

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