Spatial analysis of expression patterns predicts genetic interactions at the mid-hindbrain boundary

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wittmann, Dominik M ^a,b   Blöchl, Florian ^a   Trümbach, Dietrich ^a,c   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a,c   Prakash, Nilima ^a   Theis, Fabian J ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENES EXPRESSION; GENETIC INTERACTION; MIDBRAIN; REGULATORY INTERACTIONS; REGULATORY NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT;

TRANSCRIPTION;

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; WNT1 PROTEIN; FGF8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 73449138248     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000569     Document Type: Article

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