Modeling bistable cell-fate choices in the Drosophila eye: Qualitative and quantitative perspectives

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2265-2278

  Graham, Thomas G W ^a   Tabei, S M Ali ^b   Dinner, Aaron R ^b   Rebay, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Multistable switch; Photoreceptor development; Signaling network; Yan

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN YAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77954641668     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.044826     Document Type: Review

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