Autonomous Boolean modelling of developmental gene regulatory networks

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 78, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Xianrui ^a   Sun, Mengyang ^a   Socolar, Joshua E S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boolean model; Developmental pattern; Dynamics; Gene regulation; Network; Timing

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TIME DELAY; TISSUE;

BINARY VARIABLES; BOOLEAN MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; PARAMETER SET; PARAMETER SPACES; PATTERN FORMATION; REGULATORY INTERACTIONS; TIME DELAY PARAMETERS; TIMING; TIMING INFORMATION;

GENES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOOLEAN MODEL; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODEL; PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84871301410     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0574     Document Type: Article

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