A precise bicoid gradient is nonessential during cycles 11-13 for precise patterning in the Drosophilla blastoderm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lucchetta, Elena M ^a   Vincent, Meghan E ^a   Ismagilov, Rustem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BICOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 56649097257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003651     Document Type: Article

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