Getting the measure of positional information

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0444-0447

  Jaeger, Johannes ^a   Martinez Arias, Alfonso ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BICOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUNCHBACK GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65949109918     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000081     Document Type: Article

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