Engineering gene networks to emulate Drosophila embryonic pattern formation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 0488-0496

  Isalan, Mark ^a   Lemerle, Caroline ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DNA; PROTEINASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAGNET; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNCYTIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 18144363600     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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