A spatio-temporal model of notch signalling in the zebrafish segmentation clock: Conditions for synchronised oscillatory dynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Terry, Alan J ^a   Sturrock, Marc ^a   Dale, J Kim ^a   Maroto, Miguel ^a   Chaplain, Mark A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DELTAC PROTEIN; HER1 PROTEIN; HER7 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HER1 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 79952222104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016980     Document Type: Article

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