Mechanisms of scaling in pattern formation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4830-4843

  Umulis, David M ^a   Othmer, Hans G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic proteins; Mathematical modeling; Morphogen; Pattern formation; Scale invariance; Turing

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOGENIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ALLOMETRY; CATALYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SCALE INVARIANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TISSUE GROWTH; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MORPHOGEN; PATTERN FORMATION; SCALE INVARIANCE; TURING;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 84888871749     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.100511     Document Type: Review

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