The control of branching morphogenesis

Open Biology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Iber, Dagmar ^a,b   Menshykau, Denis ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Branching; Computational modelling; In silico organogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PROSTATE; SALIVARY GLAND; BRANCHING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; IN SILICO ORGANOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PANCREAS; PROSTATE; SALIVARY GLANDS;

BRANCHING; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; IN SILICO ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 84885579612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130088     Document Type: Review

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