Sizing it up: The mechanical feedback hypothesis of organ growth regulation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-81

  Buchmann, Amy ^a   Alber, Mark ^a,b   Zartman, Jeremiah J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational and mathematical modeling; Drosophila wing disc; Intercellular signaling; Limb development; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; IMAGINAL DISC; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANICAL FEEDBACK; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 84908666146     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.06.018     Document Type: Review

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