Improved readout precision of the bicoid morphogen gradient by early decoding

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-329

  Tamari, Zvi ^a   Barkai, Naama ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Development; Drosophila; Morphogen; Noise; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DIFFUSION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84863875681     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: 15730689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-011-9250-8     Document Type: Article

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