Master equation simulation analysis of immunostained Bicoid morphogen gradient

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wu, Yu Feng ^a   Myasnikova, Ekaterina ^b   Reinitz, John ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38649137978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-1-52     Document Type: Article

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