Modeling the precision and robustness of Hunchback border during Drosophila embryonic development

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-399

  Hardway, Heather ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Bibhash ^b   Burke, Timothy ^a   James Hitchman, Theron ^c   Forman, Robin ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Genetic regulatory network; Hunchback; Mathematical modeling; Robust

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCD; PROTEIN HB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 50149087694     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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