Oscillatory gene expression and somitogenesis

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-641

  Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a   Niwa, Yasutaka ^a   Isomura, Akihiro ^a   González, Aitor ^a   Harima, Yukiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; HER1 PROTEIN; HER7 PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESODERM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOMITE; SOMITOGENESIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84873114714     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.46     Document Type: Review

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