Multiscale diffusion in the mitotic Drosophila melanogaster syncytial blastoderm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8588-8593

  Daniels, Brian R ^a   Rikhy, Richa ^b   Renz, Malte ^a   Dobrowsky, Terrence M ^c   Lippincott Schwartz, Jennifer ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GEOMETRY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTODERM; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GIANT CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84861872174     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204270109     Document Type: Article

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