Modeling pattern formation in hydra: A route to understanding essential steps in development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6-8, 2012, Pages 447-462

  Meinhardt, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activator inhibitor; Budding; Evolution body axes; Hydra; Pattern formation; Tentacle; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; HYDRA; MOLECULE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYDRA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REGENERATION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; WNT3 PROTEIN;

HYDRA;

EID: 84862695349     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.113483hm     Document Type: Article

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