Modeling the establishment of PAR protein polarity in the one-cell C. elegans embryo

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4512-4522

  Tostevin, Filipe ^a,c   Howard, Martin ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58149289929     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.136416     Document Type: Article

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