Localized ectopic expression of Dpp receptors in a Drosophila embryo

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-214

  Wan, F Y M ^a   Zhang, Y T ^a   Lander, A D ^b   Nie, Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SIGNALING;

DROSOPHILA EMBRYOS; ECTOPIC EXPRESSIONS; LOCALISED; MORPHOGENS; OVEREXPRESSIONS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SIGNALING; RECEPTOR LEVELS; RECEPTOR SITES; SIGNALING RECEPTOR;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 68349128111     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: 14679590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2009.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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