Investigating the principles of morphogen gradient formation: From tissues to cells

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-532

  Kicheva, Anna ^a   Bollenbach, Tobias ^b   Wartlick, Ortrud ^c   Jülicher, Frank ^d   Gonzalez Gaitan, Marcos ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MORPHOGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BINDING KINETICS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84872651751     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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