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A cascade of transcriptional control leading to axis determination in Drosophila
Author(s) -
Niessing Dierk,
RiveraPomar Rolando,
La Rosée Anna,
Häder Thomas,
Schöck Frieder,
Purnell Beverly A.,
Jäckle Herbert
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199711)173:2<162::aid-jcp15>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - physics
embryo develops through a se- tion (7,8), thus complementing the gradient of Bicoidries of rapid syncytial nuclear divisions. The nuclei mi- (Fig. 1a).grate to the egg membrane at the periphery to form The third maternal transcription factor is the zincindividualcells.Thisformationis achievedbythemem- nger protein Hunchback, which becomes asymmetri-brane extending between the nuclei to generate a sin- callydistributedinresponseto