Emergent dynamics of thymocyte development and lineage determination

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 0127-0136

  Efroni, Sol ^a   Harel, David ^b   Cohen, Irun R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

CHEMOKINES; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC REPRESENTATION; EMERGENT PROPERTY; GENE KNOCKOUT; REACTIVE ANIMATION; THYMOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; THYMOCYTES;

GENES;

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 9; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; THYMOCYTE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33846542982     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030013     Document Type: Article

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