Evolving gene regulatory networks into cellular networks guiding adaptive behavior: an outline how single cells could have evolved into a centralized neurosensory system

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 295-313

  Fritzsch, Bernd ^a   Jahan, Israt ^a   Pan, Ning ^a   Elliott, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix genes; Cellular evolution; Central nervous system; Neurosensory; Sox genes; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84923255713     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2043-1     Document Type: Review

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