Encoding and decoding of positional information in morphogen-dependent patterning

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-561

  Hironaka, Ken ichi ^a,b   Morishita, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84872647525     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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