Dorsal-Ventral Gene Expression in the Drosophila Embryo Reflects the Dynamics and Precision of the Dorsal Nuclear Gradient

Developmental Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 544-557

  Reeves, Gregory T ^a,c   Trisnadi, Nathanie ^a   Truong, Thai V ^b   Nahmad, Marcos ^a   Katz, Sophie ^a   Stathopoulos, Angelike ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DORSAL VENTRAL AXIS; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO PHOTON LIGHT SHEET MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84858295254     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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