Transient block of receptor may be a mechanism controlling unidirectional propagation of signaling

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-203

  Zhu, Hao ^a,b   Dhar, Pawan K ^a,c  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Delta; Notch; Propagation; Signaling; Somite segmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SIGNALING; TISSUE;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DELTA; NOTCH SIGNALING; SIGNALING PROPAGATION; SOMITE SEGMENTATION;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

VERTEBRATA;

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33748624633     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2006.880832     Document Type: Article

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