Genetic oscillators in development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-30

  Uriu, Koichiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Negative feedback loop; Simulation; Synchronization; Time delays

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1;

CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84955677762     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12262     Document Type: Review

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