Spatiotemporal Analysis of Different Mechanisms for Interpreting Morphogen Gradients

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2061-2073

  Richards, David M ^a   Saunders, Timothy E ^b,c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BODY PATTERNING; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928143202     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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