A synthetic multicellular system for programmed pattern formation

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7037, 2005, Pages 1130-1134

  Basu, Subhayu ^a   Gerchman, Yoram ^a   Collins, Cynthia H ^c   Arnold, Frances H ^c   Weiss, Ron ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEUROLOGY; PROTEINS;

ACYL-HOMODERINE LACTONE (AHL); CELL BEHAVIOR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

CYTOLOGY;

BIOMATERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CYTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17844374314     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03461     Document Type: Article

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