Studying the effect of cell division on expression patterns of the segment polarity genes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Chaves, Madalena ^a   Albert, Réka ^b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic networks; Robustness; Segment polarity genes

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING; CELL DIVISIONS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENTS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENE FAMILIES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK (GRN); MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NETWORK LINKS; PATTERN FORMATIONS; TIME SCALING;

GENES;

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 46249115881     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1345.focus     Document Type: Article

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