Cell dynamics and gene expression control in tissue homeostasis and development

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Rué, Pau ^a   Martinez Arias, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; differentiation; homeostasis; stochastic cell fate; transition state

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION DYNAMICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS; TRANSITION STATE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETINA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84923647413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/msb.20145549     Document Type: Review

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