Article
Establishment of developmental precision and proportions in the early Drosophila embryo.
Nature - 14 Feb 2002
Houchmandzadeh Bahram, Wieschaus Eric, Leibler Stanislas
Abstract excerpt
During embryonic development, orderly patterns of gene expression eventually assign each cell in the embryo its particular fate. For the anteroposterior axis of the Drosophila embryo, the first step in this process depends on a spatial gradient of the maternal morphogen Bicoid (Bcd). Positional information of this gradient is transmitted to downstream gap genes, each occupying a well defined spatial domain. We...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
