PAR polarity: From complexity to design principles

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-266

  Goehring, Nathan W ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Feedback; Modeling; Networks

Indexed keywords

PAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84908250937     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.08.009     Document Type: Review

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