Stripe forming architecture of the gap gene system

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-27

  Reinitz, John ^a   Kosman, David ^a   Vanario Alonso, Carlos E ^a,c   Sharp, David H ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computational biology; Drosophila; Even skipped; Gene circuit; Morphogenetic gradients; Pair rule genes; Positional information; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031819942     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:1<11::AID-DVG2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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