Computational Models for Neurogenic Gene Expression in the Drosophila Embryo

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1358-1365

  Zinzen, Robert P ^a   Senger, Kate ^a   Levine, Mike ^a   Papatsenko, Dmitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

DORSAL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RHO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; VEIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; VND PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUREGULINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROPODA; METAZOA;

EID: 33745658106     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.044     Document Type: Article

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