Mechanisms of gap gene expression canalization in the Drosophila blastoderm

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gursky, Vitaly V ^a   Panok, Lena ^b,c   Myasnikova, Ekaterina M ^d   Manu, ^c   Samsonova, Maria G ^d   Reinitz, John ^b,c   Samsonov, Alexander M ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTODERM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960671456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-118     Document Type: Article

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