A 3D finite element model of ventral furrow invagination in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-198

  Conte, Vito ^a   Muñoz, José J ^b   Miodownik, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active forces; Drosophila; Finite elasticity; Finite elements; Gastrulation; Invagination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCES; APICO BASAL ELONGATION OF CELLS; DROSOPHILA; GASTRULATION; INVAGINATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CELL MEMBRANES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INVAGINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38849197513     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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