Analysis of gap gene regulation in a 3D Organism-Scale model of the Drosophila melanogaster embryo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hengenius, James B ^a   Gribskov, Michael ^a   Rundell, Ann E ^b   Fowlkes, Charless C ^c   Umulis, David M ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Irvine   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FERTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAP GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 81155138886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026797     Document Type: Article

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