Schnell, S. and Maini, P. K. and McInerney, D. and Gavaghan, D. J. and Houston, P. (2002) Models for pattern formation in somitogenesis: a marriage of cellular and molecular biology. C.R. Biologies, 325 (3). pp. 179-189.
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Abstract
Somitogenesis, the process by which a bilaterally symmetric pattern of cell aggregations is laid down in a cranio-caudal sequence in early vertebrate development, provides an excellent model study for the coupling of interactions at the molecular and cellular level. Here, we review some of the key experimental results and theoretical models related to this process. We extend a recent chemical pre-pattern model based on the cell cycle Journal of Theoretical Biology 207 (2000) 305-316, by including cell movement and show that the resultant model exhibits the correct spatio-temporal dynamics of cell aggregation. We also postulate a model to account for the recently observed spatio-temporal dynamics at the molecular level.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | somitogenesis; cell cycle model; segmentation clock; cell movement; positional information |
| Subjects: | A - C > Biology and other natural sciences |
| Research Groups: | Centre for Mathematical Biology |
| ID Code: | 395 |
| Deposited By: | Philip Maini |
| Deposited On: | 20 Nov 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2010 16:28 |
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