Aggregation of a distributed source in morphogen gradient formation

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-374

  Lander, A D ^a   Nie, Q ^a   Vargas, B ^a   Wan, F Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL SIGNALING; CHELATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES; CONCENTRATION- GRADIENTS; DECAPENTAPLEGIC; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; GRADIENT FORMATION; MODELLING SYSTEMS; MORPHOGEN GRADIENTS; SOURCE MODELS; SYSTEM F;

LIGANDS;

EID: 17444373956     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2526.2005.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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