Autonomous determination of anterior structures in the early Drosophila embryo by the bicoid morphogen.

doi:10.1242/dev.109.4.811

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Autonomous determination of anterior structures in the early Drosophila embryo by the bicoid morphogen.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 1990

Driever W, Siegel V, Nüsslein-Volhard C

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A small number of maternal effect genes determine anterior-posterior pattern in the Drosophila embryo. Embryos from females mutant for the maternal gene bicoid lack head and thorax. bcd mRNA becomes localized to the anterior tip of the egg during oogenesis and is the source for the morphogen grad...

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Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Homeodomain Proteins
Insect Hormones
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Protein Biosynthesis
Trans-Activators

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