Modelling cell lineage using a meta-Boolean tree model with a relation to gene regulatory networks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-76

  Larsson, Jan Åke ^a   Wadströmer, Niclas ^a   Hermanson, Ola ^b   Lendahl, Urban ^b   Forchheimer, Robert ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Differentiation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPLEXITY; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; GENE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO CELL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77958121475     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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