High-dimensional switches and the modelling of cellular differentiation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-411

  Cinquin, Olivier ^a,b   Demongeot, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

bHLH dimerization; Cellular differentiation; Cellular reprogramming; Multistationarity

Indexed keywords

BHLH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOLOGY; GENE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; DECISION MAKING; DIMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; GENES, SWITCH; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 11844273196     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.10.027     Document Type: Article

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