On the dynamic nature of positional information

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1102-1111

  Jaeger, Johannes ^a   Reinitz, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLASTODERM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT GENETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33750815988     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20494     Document Type: Review

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