An atlas of gene regulatory networks reveals multiple three-gene mechanisms for interpreting morphogen gradients

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cotterell, James ^a,b   Sharpe, James ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

design space; gene network; morphogen; patterning; systems biology

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78049513394     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2010.74     Document Type: Article

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