Self-organization in and on biological spheres

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Schiffmann, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cytoskeleton; Gastrulation; Mammalian embryo; Mitotic spindle; Radial polarization; Stem cells; Turing Child field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GASTRULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MITOSIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GASTRULATION; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOGENESIS; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34848816275     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2007.03.001     Document Type: Review

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