Gene length may contribute to graded transcriptional responses in the Drosophila embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 230-240

  McHale, Peter ^a,c   Mizutani, Claudia M ^a,b,d   Kosman, David ^a   MacKay, Danielle L ^b   Belu, Mirela ^b   Hermann, Anita ^a   McGinnis, William ^a   Bier, Ethan ^a   Hwa, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Drosophila; Morphogen gradient; Multiplex in situ hybridization; Prepattern; Transcriptional delay

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; KNIRPS GENE; KNIRPS RELATED GENE; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 80755189936     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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