Morphogen gradients: limits to signaling or limits to measurement?

Publication Year
2010

Type

Journal Article
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.

Journal
Curr Biol
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
R232-4
Date Published
03/2010
Alternate Journal
Curr. Biol.