Morphogen Gradients: Limits to Signaling or Limits to Measurement?

Jacques P. Bothma; Michael Levine; Alistair Boettiger

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.040

Morphogen Gradients: Limits to Signaling or Limits to Measurement?

Jacques P. Bothma
, Michael Levine
, Alistair Boettiger

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Abstract

In Drosophila embryos, a concentration gradient of nuclear Dorsal protein controls pattern formation along the dorsal-ventral axis. Recent quantitative studies agree on the temporal dynamics of the gradient, but disagree on its spatial limits.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R232-R234
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.01.040
State	Published - Mar 9 2010
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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