Hub genes with positive feedbacks function as master switches in developmental gene regulatory networks

Bioinformatics

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1898-1904

  Seo, Chang H ^a,b   Kim, Jeong Rae ^a   Kim, Man Sun ^a   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SWITCHING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650727380     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp316     Document Type: Article

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