Modeling the control of planar cell polarity

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-605

  Axelrod, Jeffrey D ^a   Tomlin, Claire J ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial for Computational and Mathematical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79961243903     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.138     Document Type: Review

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