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Gastrulation in Drosophila : the logic and the cellular mechanisms
Author(s) -
Leptin Maria
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3187
Subject(s) - gastrulation , biology , endoderm , mesoderm , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , embryogenesis , genetics , embryonic stem cell , gene
The egg contains a set of molecules that can be used to trigger cell‐shape changes leading to morphogenetic movements. The temporally and spatially controlled activation of these molecules, and hence the choreography of gastrulation movements, is determined by region‐specific expression of transcription factors which turn on a set of downstream targets whose products mediate the successive steps of gastrulation.