The Sonic Hedgehog Signaling System as a Bistable Genetic Switch

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2748-2757

  Lai, Karen ^a   Robertson, Matthew J ^a   Schaffer, David V ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b 201 Gilman Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER GENETICS; CELL FATE; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; HEDGEHOG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STEM CELL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY; UPREGULATION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 2142653082     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74328-3     Document Type: Article

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