Experiments, measurements, and mathematical modeling to decipher time signals in development

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-131

  Tendeng, Christian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Quantitative approach; Time signals; Timing in development

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CHROMATIN; COLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EPIGENETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MITOSIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POINT MUTATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; TIME; TISSUE GROWTH; VERNALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862262471     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21008     Document Type: Review

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