Cell divisions as a mechanism for selection in stable steady states of multi-stationary gene circuits

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-76

  Gursky, Vitaly V ^a   Kozlov, Konstantin N ^b   Samsonov, Alexander M ^a   Reinitz, John ^c  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractors; Cell division; Drosophila segmentation; Multi stationarity; Regulatory gene networks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ATTRACTORS; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA SEGMENTATION; MULTI-STATIONARITY; REGULATORY GENE NETWORKS;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 33646932165     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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