Dynamics of maternal morphogen gradients in Drosophila

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-347

  Shvartsman, Stanislav Y ^a   Coppey, Mathieu ^a   Berezhkovskii, Alexander M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MORPHOGEN;

DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 53549096519     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.06.002     Document Type: Review

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