Hopf bifurcation in the presomitic mesoderm during the mouse segmentation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-189

  González, Aitor ^a,b   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH gene oscillations; Dynamical modeling; Fgf signaling; Mouse segmentation; Notch signaling

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

BIFURCATION; BONE; GENE EXPRESSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67349173713     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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