Whole-embryo modeling of early segmentation in drosophila identifies robust and fragile expression domains

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-296

  Bieler, Jonathan ^a   Pozzorini, Christian ^a   Naef, Felix ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HUNCHBACK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052491884     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.05.060     Document Type: Article

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