Unraveling the nature of the segmentation clock: Intrinsic disorder of clock proteins and their interaction map

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-248

  Roy, Sourav ^a   Schnell, Santiago ^a   Radivojac, Predrag ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsically disordered proteins; Molecular recognition elements; Notch pathway; Segmentation clock; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION ELEMENTS; NOTCH PATHWAY; SEGMENTATION CLOCK; SOMITOGENESIS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS;

PROTEINS;

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746354305     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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