The Arabidopsis thaliana flower organ specification gene regulatory network determines a robust differentiation process

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 971-983

  Sánchez Corrales, Yara Elena ^a   Álvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a,b   Mendoza, Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Dynamical models; Flower development; FOS GRN; Gene regulatory networks

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CELL ORGANELLE; FLOWER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MODELING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARPEL; DYNAMICS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MUTANT; NOISE; PETAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STAMEN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEADY STATE; WILD TYPE;

ALGORITHMS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77952640771     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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