Morphogen gradient interpretation

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6858, 2001, Pages 797-803

  Gurdon, J B ^a   Bourillot, P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); GRADIENT METHODS;

MORPHOGEN GRADIENT;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

MORPHOGEN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 0035950105     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35101500     Document Type: Review

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