Predictive computation of genomic logic processing functions in embryonic development

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

Volumn 109, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 16434-16442

  Peter, Isabelle S ^a   Faure, Emmanuel ^a,b   Davidson, Eric H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Boolean gene expression; Gene regulatory logic; Sea urchin embryogenesis; Transcriptional control system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOLEAN GENE EXPRESSION; COMPUTER MODEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867349994     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207852109     Document Type: Article

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