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Sharp developmental thresholds defined through bistability by antagonistic gradients of retinoic acid and FGF signaling

  1. Albert Goldbeter1,
  2. Didier Gonze1,
  3. Olivier Pourquié2,3,*

Article first published online: 11 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21193

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Special Issue: Special Focus on Segmentation

Volume 236, Issue 6, pages 1495–1508, June 2007

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Goldbeter, A., Gonze, D. and Pourquié, O. (2007), Sharp developmental thresholds defined through bistability by antagonistic gradients of retinoic acid and FGF signaling. Dev. Dyn., 236: 1495–1508. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.21193

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  1. 1

    Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B., Brussels, Belgium

  2. 2

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

  3. 3

    Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri

*Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 MAY 2007
  2. Article first published online: 11 MAY 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 6 APR 2007

Funded by

  • Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique Médicale. Grant Number: 3.4636.04
  • European Union through the Network of Excellence BioSim. Grant Number: LSHB-CT-2004-005137
  • Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Attraction Poles; Project: P6/22 BioMagnet
  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: R01HD043158
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) FunBio Program. Grant Number: HR0011-05-1-0057

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