From ABC genes to regulatory networks, epigenetic landscapes and flower morphogenesis: Making biological sense of theoretical approaches

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-117

  Alvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a,b   Azpeitia, Eugenio ^a,b   Barrio, Rafael ^b   Benítez, Mariana ^a,b   Padilla Longoria, Pablo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Epigenetic landscapes; Flower morphogenesis models; Gene regulatory networks; Positional information; Simulations; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FATE; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOMETRY; LANDSCAPE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 75849120418     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.010     Document Type: Review

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