Reverse engineering the gap gene network of Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-428

  Perkins, Theodore J ^a   Jaeger, Johannes ^b,c,e   Reinitz, John ^b,c   Glass, Leon ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION;

DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSION DATA; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE NETWORKS; GENE-REGULATION; GENETIC NETWORKS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NETWORK-BASED; REGULATORY RELATIONSHIPS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646901020     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020051     Document Type: Article

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