Article
The maternal NF-kappaB/dorsal gradient of Tribolium castaneum: dynamics of early dorsoventral patterning in a short-germ beetle.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 2000
Chen G, Handel K, Roth S
Abstract excerpt
In the long-germ insect Drosophila melanogaster dorsoventral polarity is induced by localized Toll-receptor activation which leads to the formation of a nuclear gradient of the rel/ NF-kappaB protein Dorsal. Peak levels of nuclear Dorsal are found in a ventral stripe spanning the entire length of the blastoderm embryo allowing all segments and their dorsoventral subdivisions to be synchronously specified before...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
