Design principles of stripe-forming motifs: The role of positive feedback

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Munteanu, Andreea ^a,b   Cotterell, James ^a,b   Solé, Ricard V ^b,c,d   Sharpe, James ^a,b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS;

EID: 84900992907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05003     Document Type: Article

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