The segment polarity network is a robust developmental module

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6792, 2000, Pages 188-192

  Von Dassow, George ^a   Meir, Eli ^a   Munro, Edwin M ^a   Odell, Garrett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034644270     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018085     Document Type: Article

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