Cell lineage transport: A mechanism for molecular gradient formation

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ibañes, Marta ^a,c   Kawakami, Yasuhiko ^a   Rasskin Gutman, Diego ^a,d   Belmonte, Juan Carlos Izpisúa ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b CENTER OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE IN BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division and growth; Dilution; Limb development; Molecular dynamics modeling; Molecular gradients; Non secreted molecules

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HOXD13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXD13 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LINEAGE TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSPORT; CHICK; DILUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GRADIENT; NONHUMAN; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TISSUE GROWTH; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33846036302     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100098     Document Type: Article

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